Air India’s first flight from Bengaluru to San Francisco takes off without glitches

Bengaluru, Jan 11 : Kempe Gowda International Airport, Bengaluru, scripted history on Monday afternoon when Captain Channappa Venkatappa Madhu took off for a non-stop Air India flight connecting to San Francisco, covering more than 14,000 km in approximately 16 hours.
Prior to the flight taking off at at 2:30 pm, both Air India and Bengaluru International Airport Limited authorities organised a small function as a mark of commencement of a new flight service. Capt. Madhu and crew members of (AI 175) cut the cake.
With this, Melwin D’Silva, Executive Director, Commercial Air India Limited, said that Bengaluru airport becomes first in South India with a non-stop flight to the United States connecting the two technology hubs and sister cities of Bengaluru (BLR) and San Francisco (SFO).
“This will be Air India’s longest route covering over 14,000 km in approximately 16 hours. This is bi-weekly service flight. This route is also one of the top 10 longest routes in the world, in terms of distance flown,” he explained.
According to him, Air India has always been on the forefront of supporting the nation on all counts, whether it is evacuation connecting people to various destinations, AI has been on the forefront.
“Today is a historic moment, we are connecting Silicon valley of India with Silicon valley of the US,” he added.