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Air India’s San
Francisco flight
over Pacific
route from
October 16 |
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Air India
has become
the first
Indian
airline to
fly around
the world
when it
cruises over
the pacific
route with
the launch
of its
direct
services to
San
Francisco
from October
16. Flying
over Pacific
route would
help the
national
carrier
reduce
travel time
by up to
one-and-half
hours while
significantly
saving on
fuel costs
as the
aircraft
would
receive tail
winds in
both
directions
of the
journey, a
senior DGCA
official
said.
Weather
conditions
and speed of
winds while
flying over
the Pacific
region route
helps the
aircraft
reach faster
than flying
over
Atlantic
route. The
official
said Air
India would
start the
direct
flight from
New Delhi to
San
Francisco
from October
16 and
November
onwards it
would double
the
frequency
these
flights to
six per
week. The
Directorate
General of
Civil
Aviation (DGCA)
had approved
the flight
route in
August.
Charting the
new route,
Air India
planes would
fly
eastwards to
reach San
Francisco by
crossing the
vast Pacific
Ocean. Even
though the
route would
be almost
1,400 km
longer
compared to
the current
trajectory
where the
flight flies
over the
Atlantic,
there would
be a
significant
saving on
fuel and
journey time
due to
powerful
tail winds. |
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THAI Smile
Airways to
introduce new
flights to four
cities of India |
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THAI Smile
Airways creates
another
milestone, as
the only
scheduled
airline from
Thailand to fly
to Gaya and
Varanasi, Jaipur,
and Lucknow,with
the launch of
new flights to
India’s
aforementioned
four cities. The
flights will
gradually start
operation from
Bangkok to Gaya
and Varanasi
from October 1,
Bangkok to
Jaipur from
November 15, and
Bangkok to
Lucknow from
December 1,
2016.
These flights
will bridge the
demand of both
Indians and
Thais, who have
been looking for
seamless
connections for
religion, work
and leisure
purpose, in
Thailand, India
and onward
destinations.
Captain Woranate
Laprabang,
Acting Chief
Executive
Officer, THAI
Smile Airways,
stated that THAI
Smile Airways,
which is a 100
per cent
subsidiary of
THAI Airways,
the national
flag
carrier,proudly
introduces new
flights to
India’s four
popular cities.
The flights will
gradually start
operation
respectively
from Bangkok to
Gaya and
Varanasi,
effective from
October 1,
Bangkok to
Jaipur from
November 15, and
Bangkok to
Lucknow from
December 1. |
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Air India
launches flights
between Chennai
and Coimbatore |
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Air India
launched
flights
between
Chennai and
Coimbatore
by extending
a
Delhi-Chennai
service.
AI 429 will
take off
from Delhi
at 9.45am
daily and
reach
Chennai at
12.40pm. The
flight will
take off
from Chennai
at 1.25pm
and reach
Coimbatore
at 2.20pm.
The flight
will operate
as AI 539
from
Coimbatore.
It will
leave
Coimbatore
at 3.05pm
daily to
reach
Chennai at
4.15pm. The
same flight
will then
proceed from
Chennai at
5pm to reach
Delhi at
7.50pm.
The flight's
departure
time from
Delhi
coincides
with that of
an Air India
flight from
Delhi to
Coimbatore
via Mumbai.
Air India
had been
operating a
flight from
Delhi to
Coimbatore
via Mumbai
for a long
time. Now,
this flight
would be
operated
only between
Mumbai and
Coimbatore. |
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