Canadian flag carrier, Air Canada has announced that it has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 into its fleet.
The Dreamliner 787-8 is already in the airline’s fleet and has reportedly proven extremely popular with customers. The 787-9 version’s greater range and capacity will allow Air Canada to further expand its international network.
The new aircraft has since arrived at Toronto Pearson, and will initially begin operating on the Toronto to Delhi route from November 1, 2015, and to Dubai from November 3, 2015.
In the meantime, customers will have the opportunity to preview the new aircraft on select flights between Toronto and Vancouver during August and between Toronto and Munich and Milan during September and October, as well as a number of other destinations as highlighted in the below schedule.
"Air Canada is very excited to take delivery of its first Boeing 787-9. This new aircraft's larger capacity and greater range will accelerate our international expansion strategy and allow us to offer customers more non-stop services to new international destinations,” said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada.
Air Canada took delivery of its first Dreamliner in May 2014, and will receive a total of 29 new 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft by 2019, in addition to the eight 787-8 aircraft already in operation.
All of Air Canada’s new Dreamliners will feature the airline’s redesigned interiors in a three-cabin configuration, including International Business with fully lie-flat seats, Premium Economy and Economy.
The Boeing 787-9 will seat 298 passengers and have a range of 15,372 kilometres, compared with the Boeing 787-8 which is configured to carry 251 passengers with a range of 14,500 kilometres.
Here's the proposed Air Canada 787-9 introductory schedule as extracted from OAG Schedules Analyser on the morning of August 3, 2015:
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