787 Delays Hampering Air Canada Growth
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787 Delays Hampering Air Canada Growth
From The Canadian Press:
Delays by Boeing Co. in delivering its new 787 aircraft have limited Air Canada's ability to expand its international flight map, Canada's largest airline said Thursday.
Air Canada said it has been busy adding new destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia. However, it could have done more to add routes to India and elsewhere in Asia if it had the smaller, long-range Boeing 787.
“It opens up all these route opportunities that normally wouldn't be viable for us,” Ben Smith, Air Canada's chief commercial officer, said in an interview.
Mumbai in India and Changzhou in China, for example, don't generate enough traffic for the airline to be profitably serviced using the giant Boeing 777, while the smaller 767 doesn't have sufficient range.
CTV News | Boeing 787 delays hampering Air Canada growth
Delays by Boeing Co. in delivering its new 787 aircraft have limited Air Canada's ability to expand its international flight map, Canada's largest airline said Thursday.
Air Canada said it has been busy adding new destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia. However, it could have done more to add routes to India and elsewhere in Asia if it had the smaller, long-range Boeing 787.
“It opens up all these route opportunities that normally wouldn't be viable for us,” Ben Smith, Air Canada's chief commercial officer, said in an interview.
Mumbai in India and Changzhou in China, for example, don't generate enough traffic for the airline to be profitably serviced using the giant Boeing 777, while the smaller 767 doesn't have sufficient range.
CTV News | Boeing 787 delays hampering Air Canada growth
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