Air Canada has restarted Dublin-Toronto flights in a boost to the Republic’s transatlantic network. The airline said on Wednesday that it has begun flying three times a-week between the capital’s airport and Toronto, with return flights to each on alternate days. Air Canada will fly Dublin-Toronto on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and Toronto-Dublin on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Stephen Gerrard, Air Canada general manager sales, UK and Ireland, said the service would provide Irish customers with direct access to Toronto plus connections to 40 destinations in Canada, the US and Mexico. The airline will use a Boeing 787-9 on the route with 298 seats, including 247 in economy.<br/>
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The South African Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed it has re-issued an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) to South African Airways for both domestic and international flights ahead of the flag carrier's expected relaunch later this month. According to an SACAA spokesperson, only eight aircraft are currently listed on SAA's AOC operating specifications. The regulator referred ch-aviation to the airline for clarification regarding which aircraft they would be operating as part of this approval. SAA, in a separate statement, confirmed it had been granted a renewed operating license but omitted to clarify which aircraft it would be operating. Spokesperson Vimla Maistry confirmed to ch-aviation that the current certification covered A320 and A340 types totalling eight aircraft. She said that no request for proposals for any additional aircraft - and "definitely none for regional jets" - had as yet been issued. According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, SAA still owns three A340-300s and four A340-600s, while it still has three A319-100s on lease from Castlelake and one A330-300 on lease from Aergo Capital. <br/>
Air India is resuming some international flights to destinations in South Asia this month, according to the airline’s Twitter and Facebook posts. It will start flying from Chennai to Colombo in Sri Lanka every Thursday, effective this week. Strict entry rules apply in both India and Sri Lanka. The airline also introduced this week a twice-weekly service from Delhi to Male, the capital of the Maldives, every Wednesday and Saturday. Male is also served by flights on Monday and Thursday from Thiruvananthapuram. Air India has confirmed it resume services from Delhi to Kathmandu in Nepal three times weekly on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Most of the traffic is for repatriation or essential business travel. Services that will fly Indian students to the US to start the new school year are scheduled on the Delhi-Newark route on 6, 13, 20, and 27 August. Ticket prices on routes to the US from India have more than doubled since April. Additional flights between India and Doha, Qatar, are now scheduled until 29 October 2021.<br/>