Emirates has launched two new non-stop services to Ahmedabad and Toronto.

The six times a week service to Ahmedabad, establishes Emirates’s ninth gateway in India and will be operated by an Airbus A330-200.

A thrice-weekly service to Toronto, Canada with a Boeing 777-300ER, heralds the airline’s second destination in North America after New York.

Sheikh Ahmed said: “Emirates is delighted to launch the keenly-anticipated flights to Ahmedabad and Toronto today, bringing to fruition many months of work preparing for the start of services to both cities. We are glad to be able to grow our route network, thus expanding the number of travel options available to our customers around the world.

“We are confident that both new Emirates services will be well-received by our customers, and we hope that the two new air connections forged today will be the harbinger of even closer ties for Dubai with Canada and India in the coming years.”