NEW YORK: National carrier Air India has announced that it will connect Capital Delhi to Silicon Valley hub, San Francisco, with a non-stop B777-200LR flight from December 2.
Rishikant Singh, Manager Air India, said that this will be the first non-stop flight to operate on the sector. San Francisco will become Air India’s fourth destination in USA. Air India operates daily non-stop flights to New York (JFK), Newark (EWR) and Chicago (ORD).
The flight will be a boon to the Indian Diaspora on the US West coast. It will make travel easy and convenient for students and parents of NRIs. Business travelers looking for short stays and direct options will also be hugely benefited by this connection, just like the existing three non-stop flights to JFK, EWR and ORD.
Passengers from seven cities, all IT hubs, in India i.e Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Ahmedabad and Pune will have seamless connections to the flight from Delhi. Likewise, the return flight from San Francisco will provide onward connections to nine cities i.e. Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Pune and Bhubaneswar.
The flight to and from San Francisco will operate 3 days a week, on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The Delhi-San Francisco flight will have a convenient early morning departure and arrival. The return flight will have an early morning departure from San Francisco and arrive in Delhi in the afternoon. The flight will offer a 3-cabin configuration, with 8 seats in First Class, 35 seats in Business Class and 195 seats in Economy Class.
India Post News Service
