Air India creates record! Longest direct flight with all-woman cockpit crew lands in Bengaluru; Details

On Monday, the longest direct flight of Air India (AI-176), from San Francisco to Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport successfully landed with an all-woman cockpit crew. The cockpit crew consisted of four women pilots- Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Captain Papagari Thanmai, Captain Shivani Manhas and Captain Akansha Sonaware. This is the world’s longest commercial flight to be operated by any Indian airline. On Saturday, the national carrier had said on this route, the total flight time would be of more than 17 hours depending on the wind speed on that day. Between the two cities, the direct distance is 13,993 kilometres with a time zone change of approximately 13.5 hours, according to a PTI report.