Canada working with India to add more flights & routes: PM Trudeau assures Sikh community
In November 2022, India and Canada agreed on an open skies agreement which allows designated airlines to operate an unlimited number of flights
TORONTO: Canada has negotiated a “new agreement” with India to add more flights and routes between the two countries and keep working with its counterparts to add more flights including one to Amritsar, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assured the Sikh community.
Trudeau’s remarks came as he addressed the Khalsa Day Parade in downtown Toronto on Sunday afternoon.
He said many Canadians have their loved one in India whom they want to see more often.
“That’s why our government has negotiated a new agreement with India to add more flights and routes between our countries and we will keep working with our counterparts to add even more flights including to Amritsar,” Trudeau said at the Khalsa Day event, where pro-Khalistan slogans were raised.
In November 2022, India and Canada agreed on an open skies agreement which allows designated airlines to operate an unlimited number of flights between the two countries.
Before the agreement, the flights by the designated carriers between Canada and India were limited to 35 per week.
“This significant move will allow airlines of Canada and India to better respond to the needs of the CanadaIndia air transport market. Going forward, officials of both countries will remain in contact to discuss further expansion of the agreement,” the Canadian government said in a release on November 14, 2022.
It could not be immediately ascertained whether the two countries have recently discussed further expansion of the pact signed in 2022.
Currently, Air India operates 10 weekly flights to Toronto and 7 weekly flights to Vancouver from Delhi. Air Canada also operates services to India.