How Air India benefits from using Russian airspace
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at 12:19 by AMcWhirter.
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AMcWhirterParticipantAir India’s US services are increasing because it offers an advantage N American carriers cannot match.
Today Air India launches a very long flight linking Mumbai to San Francisco non-stop.
The stage is set for today's historic inaugural flight from #Mumbai – @CSMIA_Official to #SanFrancisco – @flySFO.
The first ever non-stop flight between these two iconic cities is to be operated by @airindiain's @Boeing #B777-200LR VT-AEF.#AvGeek pic.twitter.com/oA6NozkAoe— VT-VLO (@Vinamralongani) December 15, 2022
N American carriers have either suspended their services to India or else, in the case of Air Canada, they operate one-stop.
15 Dec 2022
at 13:28
WoodpeckerParticipantThe majority of passengers flying between USA & India tend to use one of the three Middle Eastern carriers, with Emirates being the first preference.
Even so, there seems to be enough traffic for Air India to want a share of the pie and get a full load. A non stop flight over Russian airspace could potentially shorten flying time by two hours in addition to the ME layover period.
16 Dec 2022
at 02:03
AMcWhirterParticipantIn fact Emirates also uses Russian airspace for some (perhaps all) of its Dubai-N American services.
For example, Emirates operates LAX-DXB non-stop with an A380. It’s a 16 hour flight and this wouldn’t be possible were it not to overfly Russia.
I ought to have mentioned that Air India has acquired a small number of B777-200LRs from Delta to operate these US non-stops.
As cab be seen in the tweet below the cabin interior remains as before.
Finally here is a video of the economy cabin onboard @airindiain (AI) 's first of 5 ex @Delta #B777-200LRs VT-AEF.
It is evident few changes have been made to the hard product onboard these aircraft. AI passengers would love these LR's.
Thank you @sachmihika !#AvGeek #PaxEx pic.twitter.com/bvRZ9prlW7— VT-VLO (@Vinamralongani) December 12, 2022
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