In August 2016, Air India launched a new route between London Heathrow and Newark. I guess it was actually technically a service resumption, because years ago Air India flew from Delhi to London to New York JFK. With this new service, the airline launched a new one-stop route between Ahmedabad and Newark, though they had…
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It’s also Air India’s only route to the US featuring the 787 ? They fly the 787 nonstop from DEL to IAD
Actually there are not very many 1-stops AMD-EWR. The two I can think of (on the same carrier) are EK AMD-DXB-EWR and SQ AMD-SIN-EWR. Both have 16+hr layovers.
@Ram, DEL - IAD has always been operated by B77W, Air India's 787-8 doesn't have enough range to operate non-stop from Delhi to DC. (Air India carries cargo on their US flights more than the specified limit of 787-8. Hence, the reduction in their Dreamliner overall range. You can check their website for more details: http://www.airindia.in/b787-dreamliner.htm)
The AMD flight from London is great! Mainly because United and AC have multiple flights a day to LHR from all of their hubs... but I can never find a connecting flight that is UA from Chicago to London that connects to Air India to AMD.
It's a compelling one stop to AMD that still allows me to earn United miles (compared to EK, EY, Qatar) despite having to fly Air India
Hey Lucky,
The loads on the EWR-LHR segment has been terrible- check out this link ( http://dgca.nic.in/reports/Traffic-ind.htm) to see the AMD-LHR numbers and compare them to the LHR-EWR numbers! Unsurprisingly, if you look at the initial press releases for this flight, it was largely done for political reasons. Go figure. #AirIndia
One less AI flight in EWR thank god, my part of NJ has become over run thanks to chain migration. Now if they can stop landing on RT 1 in CNJ
That would be a win win!
SP, the flight had 71-85% load factor. You only accounted for 5th freedom pax and not AMD-EWR pax.
Arressni, there is still an option to travel via BOM
@matt...if they stop landing in CNJ then start saying goodbye to
Good schools (school with higher rate of asians have higher test scores)
Low crime rates (look up CNJ rates)
Decent economy (majority of business’s are owned/operated by us)
Diversity (not that someone like you would care)
- Indian living in CNJ and studied in HS, College in CNJ. So
As for the aviation post. Ill be disappointed . AI 787 biz class is far better! AI has made it relatively easy to do paid upgrade at the airports ($1000) or less at times! So will miss this route. Hopefully United Starts offering connections via LHR.
I was on the AI Flight from Newark to London last month on October 11th and it was great. The convenience of that Flight was conducive to my schedule and the cost was worth it too. I loved the crew esp. Ravish. Very Pleasant. AI: Please make a direct flight from JFK TO MUMBAI IN THIS CENTURY. THANKS.