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Air Canada and Emirates Launch Strategic Partnership

Air Canada and Emirates Launch Strategic Partnership

BY TEJAS BHATIA 07/17/2022 AGO 0 COMMENTS

Yesterday, Air Canada, the Canadian Flag Carrier, announced plans to launch a strategic partnership with Emirates—one of the largest international airlines—later this year. This announcement comes as the global aviation industry is seeing record-breaking passenger numbers during the summer of 2022.

 

 

Background

 

Emirates operates five weekly flights from its hub in Dubai (DXB) to Toronto's Pearson International Airport (YYZ). The airline has failed to secure onward connectivity from Canada's highest-populated city and has not launched services to more Canadian destinations. This may be because Emirates relies heavily on connecting passengers, particularly those flying between North America and South Asia. Unfortunately for Emirates, Canada already has many nonstop flights from cities such as Toronto to South Asian destinations including New Delhi (DEL), Islamabad (ISB), Karachi (KHI), and soon, Dhaka (DAC). As a result, Emirates has struggled to attract connecting passengers from its hub in Dubai, or from Toronto. 

 

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Air Canada has announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Emirates. Photo: Evan C

 

Similarly, Air Canada operates five weekly services to Dubai from Toronto, and as a result of a lack of a viable partner as well as low point-to-point passenger numbers, the route has been performing relatively poorly. In contrast to its Dubai service, Air Canada's Toronto to Doha service has been performing relatively well because the carrier introduced a codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways. Emirates and its rival Qatar Airways have also launched a plethora of services in the United States, which lacks nonstop flight options to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal from the majority of its major destinations. 

 

Details of the New Partnership


Through this new partnership, customers of Air Canada can book connecting flights on Emirates through Air Canada's website on a single ticket, while customers of Emirates can book connecting flights on Air Canada through Emirates' website on a single ticket. This will allow both airlines to increase their onward connectivity while removing the need for either Air Canada or Emirates to launch new services within Canada or the Middle East. When asked about the partnership by Simple Flying, Sir Tim Clark, the President of Emirates, stated, "This is a significant partnership that will enable our customers to access even more destinations in Canada and the Americas, via our Toronto and US gateways. It also opens up many new route combinations for travelers across Emirates’ and Air Canada’s extensive networks in the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia."

 

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Emirates is excited about the agreement as it opens up many new route combinations. Photo: Aidan Mordin

 

Concluding Thoughts

 

The new partnership between Air Canada and Emirates is a logistical win for both carriers. Both of these airlines have struggled to gain connectivity to and from Toronto/Dubai and this new agreement should allow for greater connectivity and thus, greater passenger numbers. However, it will be interesting to see how Air Canada and Emirates try to incorporate their respective frequent-flyer programs into this partnership. It remains to be seen whether customers be able to redeem Air Canada Aeroplan or Emirates Skywards miles on Air Canada or Emirates tickets.  

 

Hopefully, within the coming months, when this partnership is officially inaugurated, answers to such questions will be available.


 

Tejas Bhatia
Tejas is an aviation photographer based in the DFW Metroplex. He has been passionate about aviation and photography since he was young and has pursued these interests by planespotting professionally, founding his school’s photography club, and joining AeroXplorer, where he currently serves as the Chief Marketing Officer. He strives to improve his photography skills by utilizing different editing platforms and learning from other photographers. Other than aviation and photography, Tejas has a passion for learning about Politics, Public Policy, and International Affairs. He is currently the Vice President of his school’s Model United Nations Delegation. You can view Tejas’ aviation photos on AeroXplorer as well as on his Instagram - @dtxjets.

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