Air India to fly to San Francisco via Polar region from August 15

Air India will start flying to San Francisco from the national capital over the Polar region from August 15. With the new route, the flight duration would reduce by around one-and-a-half hours from 14.5 hours to 13 hours and fuel savings would be in the range of 2,000 to 7,000 kilograms per flight, according to an Air India spokesperson.

Air India operates a daily flight from New Delhi to San Francisco. The airline has flights between India and North America over the Atlantic and the Pacific routes. “Polar routes between India and North American destinations are yet to be utilised. Situated on opposite sides of the Northern Hemisphere, India and North America would benefit immensely by using existing North Polar routes for commercial air operations,” the airline said in a release.