Air Canada launches new non-stop flights between Vancouver and Dubai

Air Canada is launching new non-stop flights between Vancouver and Dubai starting October.

The new route would operate four times a week starting Oct. 28, using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircrafts.

The 15-hour flights are scheduled to leave YVR at 8:50 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with the red-eye return flights leaving the United Arab Emirates capital on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays starting Oct. 30.

The flights would offer the only non-stop service between YVR and Dubai, said Air Canada in a news release on Thursday.

“We are extremely pleased to add the only non-stop service linking Vancouver and Dubai, two iconic and vibrant global destinations,” said Mark Galardo, Air Canada’s senior vice-president for network planning and revenue management.