NEW DELHI: Bengaluru (BLR) as soon as once more has an immediate flight to San Francisco (SFO), with Air India resuming the nonstop from Friday.
Now the Tata Group airline has 37 weekly nonstops between India and the United States, a host this is all set to extend in coming months.
In its state-owned days all through the pandemic, AI had operated some BLR-SFO nonstops below the then air bubble association.
From Friday, it has began a three times weekly scheduled direct connectivity between the Silicon Valleys of India and the United States. The flight will function on Fridays, Sundays and Wednesdays on Boeing 777-200LR airplane.
A number one US service had introduced nonstops in this path a number of months again however has but to start out the flight. AI had in January 2021 operated a SFO-BLR nonstop with all-women flight deck staff and the airplane had taken the polar path to its vacation spot.
“The direct distance between Bengaluru and San Francisco is about 13,993 kms and the cities are diametrically at opposite ends of the world with a time zone change of nearly 13.5 hours. The total flight time on this route will be of more than 17 hours depending on the wind speed on that particular day. The route for this flight will be the safest, fastest and most economical,” AI mentioned in a remark.
“This will take Air India’s India-US frequency to 37 non-stop flights per week. At present, Air India operates non-stop flights from Delhi to New York, Newark, Washington DC, San Francisco and Chicago and from Mumbai to Newark. Air India is set to spread its wings further in the United States with the commencement of its first-ever non-stop service between Mumbai and San Francisco and to New York,” the remark added.
Now the Tata Group airline has 37 weekly nonstops between India and the United States, a host this is all set to extend in coming months.
In its state-owned days all through the pandemic, AI had operated some BLR-SFO nonstops below the then air bubble association.
From Friday, it has began a three times weekly scheduled direct connectivity between the Silicon Valleys of India and the United States. The flight will function on Fridays, Sundays and Wednesdays on Boeing 777-200LR airplane.
A number one US service had introduced nonstops in this path a number of months again however has but to start out the flight. AI had in January 2021 operated a SFO-BLR nonstop with all-women flight deck staff and the airplane had taken the polar path to its vacation spot.
“The direct distance between Bengaluru and San Francisco is about 13,993 kms and the cities are diametrically at opposite ends of the world with a time zone change of nearly 13.5 hours. The total flight time on this route will be of more than 17 hours depending on the wind speed on that particular day. The route for this flight will be the safest, fastest and most economical,” AI mentioned in a remark.
“This will take Air India’s India-US frequency to 37 non-stop flights per week. At present, Air India operates non-stop flights from Delhi to New York, Newark, Washington DC, San Francisco and Chicago and from Mumbai to Newark. Air India is set to spread its wings further in the United States with the commencement of its first-ever non-stop service between Mumbai and San Francisco and to New York,” the remark added.
