New UAE-Canada flight agreement boosts Emirates capacity by 40%
Emirates said it will add two flights per week between Dubai and Toronto to serve its large number of travelers starting April 20.
Transport Canada announced an expansion of its transportation agreement with Air Emirates this week, adding a possible 40% more flights per week or 21 flights total for each country.
The move will better accommodate the growing Canada-United Arab Emirates air transportation market, improve Canada’s global connectivity and strengthen trade activity between the two countries, stated the Transport Canada announcement released Wednesday.
Canada’s Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra said this is good news for tourism and the creation of Canadian middle-class jobs.
“As we continue to support the recovery of the Canadian air industry, we are pleased that this expanded agreement will benefit a larger number of Canadian travelers, industry stakeholders and workers in Canada’s air sector,” he said in the statement, which identified the UAE as Canada’s largest air transport market in the Middle East.
