New Delhi, July 23 -- Air India on Thursday announced that it will deploy its new Boeing 787-9 aircraft on the Delhi-Toronto route from August 1, enabling the airline to operate the service non-stop by removing the existing enroute fuel stop at Vienna, subject to available airspace.

The move is expected to reduce the flying time from Delhi to Toronto by nearly three hours, from around 20 hours currently, including the fuel stop, to approximately 17 hours. The return Toronto-Delhi service will continue to operate non-stop, with a flying time of up to 16 hours.

The airline will also increase the frequency of flights on the route from five per week to daily from August 1.

Air India had temporarily reduced the frequency between Delhi and T...