Air India to run Hyderabad-Chicago and Bengaluru-San Francisco flights

Air India (AI) has announced its plans to start nonstop flights between Hyderabad and Chicago airports, as well as between Bengaluru and San Francisco (SFO) airports, from January 2021. The direct flight service between Hyderabad in India and Chicago in the US will commence from 9 January 2021. This will be the first scheduled service between the US and South India. AI will start twice-weekly non-stop flights from Bengaluru Airport to San Francisco Airport from 11 January 2021. From 6 May 2021, United is scheduled to start a direct flight on this route, with American Airlines also planning to connect Seattle to Bengaluru next winter. A senior AI official said: “We plan to launch Hyderabad-Chicago as a twice-weekly from 9 January. The date for Bengaluru-SFO is yet to be finalised. We are awaiting US transportation security administration clearance for both these routes.” With a distance of 14,003km, the Bengaluru-SFO nonstop will be the longest route to be run by AI and any US carrier.<br/>