YYZ-DOH

[green_guy]

By Jim Liu

Air Canada from December 2020 is launching service to Qatar, where the airline plans to operate Toronto – Doha route with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Subject to Government Approval, the airline will operate this route from 15DEC20, 3 times weekly.

Reservation is now available.

AC058 YYZ2010 – 1640+1DOH 789 246
AC059 DOH0840 – 1505YYZ 789 146

[DHC-1 Jockey]

I really thought this was going to be someone asking about Date of Hire for Toronto base.

Too many aviation acronyms I guess...

['97 Tercel]

I thought it was going to be a Homer Simpson reference..

[spinaxis]

I thought it was going to be a Homer Simpson reference..

It's the sound all the WestJet pilots are making... "Swoop? YYZ? DOO-Oh!"

[thenoflyzone]

AC is chasing revenue wherever it can find it, and right now, it’s all about leisure and VFR routes. They seem to be going after Canada to South Asia demand, which is at its peak Oct to March. Hence the quick start date. Canada-Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, etc.

They’re interlining with QR (no codeshare yet). Flights are well timed for onward connections with QR. Same thing for the return.

Due to the travel bubble agreement between India/Canada and India/Qatar, AC/QR won’t be able to sell YYZ-DOH-India though, just like QR can’t sell YUL-DOH-India at the moment either.

Interesting to see AC shift it’s focus away from its star partners in Europe. They’re adapting and doing what they need to in order to generate revenue.

No press release on this, which I find interesting. Maybe they are waiting to announce closer cooperation with QR.

[sanjet]

I suspect cargo is also a big motivator for this flight. Available seats have been capped so I suspect some allowance for extra cargo payload given the range of the flight.

[thenoflyzone]

I suspect cargo is also a big motivator for this flight. Available seats have been capped so I suspect some allowance for extra cargo payload given the range of the flight.

They've capped seats in both directions?

[Splash]

Not entirely surprising as there had been speculation of this possibility.

https://www.gulf-times.com/story/678306 ... are-agreem