Indian flyers holding any kind of valid visa under the 'Air Bubbles' agreement can travel to Canada said the Director-General of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India.
Flights to Canada will be starting on August 15. An air bubble agreement helps national carriers of both nations aiming to restore commercial passenger services to the pre-pandemic level. Air Canada will return to India after nearly five months. Though the current arrangement of three-flights-a-week between Delhi and Toronto is only listed till the end of August, it is expected to be extended.
Air Canada will start operating flights between Toronto and New Delhi on Saturday, with the first flight returning on Tuesday. Till date, over 50 flights operated by Air India under the Vande Bharat Mission have repatriated Indians from Canada. These flights have connected several cities in India with the Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver. They have so far brought nearly 9,000 persons back to India, and with 20 more such flights scheduled for this month, that number is expected to cross 10,000.
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Ministry of Civil Aviation has also confirmed that air travelers holding a valid visa of all kind are allowed to travel to the US, the UK, Canada and UAE under the bilateral Air Bubble agreement with these countries, easing the travel for all type of Visa holders including tourist, business, student and transit visas.