Air Canada has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9, a larger version of the Dreamliner 787-8 already in its fleet that has proven extremely popular with customers with its new international product standard. The larger 787-9 Dreamliner’s greater range and capacity will enable Air Canada to further expand its international network.

“Air Canada is very excited to take delivery of its first Boeing 787-9,” said Benjamin Smith , president, passenger airlines, Air Canada. “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.

“Already, we have announced two new 787-9 routes to Delhi and Dubai from Toronto beginning this fall and as more of these aircraft enter the fleet we will expand our international network even further.”

The first designated routes for the Boeing 787-9 are non-stop services from Toronto to Delhi (DEL) beginning Nov. 1 and to Dubai (DXB) beginning Nov. 3. In the interim, customers will be able to preview the new aircraft on select flights between Toronto (YYZ) and Vancouver (YVR) during August and between Toronto and the cities of Munich (MUC) and Milan (MXP) during September and October. Air Canada will announce future deployments of the 787-9 Dreamliner as new aircraft enter service.