AI to start non-stop flights between Mumbai-New York

13 July 2007

New York: Air India plans to introduce direct non-stop flights between Mumbai and New York from August 1. Apart from this it will introduce two more non-stop flights -- between New Delhi and New York and Bangalore and San Francisco -- in February and mid-next year respectively.

The Mumbai-New York flight time will be around 14 hours.

The Air India Regional Director for North America A K Mathur said the airline is giving a lot of attention to improve and upgrade its in-flight service and provide all possible facilities to business travellers to make their flight experience highly satisfying.

For the purpose, the airline will use the latest long-range aircraft Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner, first of which will be delivered to it on 25 July.

A week later, it will be in service and first flight is scheduled to arrive at New York at 0700 hours. The plane will leave for Mumbai the same evening.

Air-India had ordered 68 Boeings 18 months ago including eight 777-200LR (longer range) Worldliners, 15 777-200ER (extended range) and 27 just unveiled 787-8 Dreamliners.