Air India launches non-stop flight to San Francisco

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his September visit to the Silicon Valley had announced about a direct flight from India to San Francisco and Air India has done just that. It has begun a non-stop flight to San Francisco and, thus, became the first domestic airline to provide a direct air connection to the West Coast from India.
This ha been reported in ibnlive.com dated 2 December 2015.

Air India flight AI 173, a B777-200LR aircraft, took off from Indira Gandhi International Airport with 230 passengers and a special was cut to celebrate the launch of the maiden flight. Passengers were presented with a rose bud each at the time of check-in.
With this flight, San Francisco became the fourth airport in the US to which Air India has started its services. Other daily flights are to Chicago and New York (from New Delhi) and Newark (from Mumbai).
The journey starts from Bengaluru and will travel non-stop from Delhi to San Francisco and passengers bound for San Francisco will have to undergo customs and immigration formalities at Bengaluru airport for their onward journey.
The flight would be a 3-cabin configuration, with 8 seats in First Class, 35 seats in Business Class and 195 seats in Economy Class.

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