AIR CANADA SUSPENDS FLIGHTS BETWEEN VANCOUVER AND DELHI Due to ‘UNVIABLE’ ROUTE AROUND RUSSIA 🪆 , UKRAINE

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: Air Canada is suspending flights between Vancouver and Delhi, India, due to the extended flight times and stops to refuel as planes manoeuvre around Russian and Ukraine airspace.

Flights will pause on June 2. Flights leaving from Vancouver will return on Sept. 6, and those leaving from Delhi will begin again on Sept. 8. Anyone already scheduled to fly during those months will be automatically rescheduled on another flight.

The airline says weather conditions, in particular strong winds, are expected to make the route “unviable” during the summer months
Air Canada will continue to operate up to 11 weekly flights between Canada and India from Toronto and Montreal, both of which take different flight paths. But Dadrao says those flights are much longer, up to 24 hours total, and can be uncomfortable for passengers.