{"id":32289,"date":"2024-10-27T12:18:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T17:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=32289"},"modified":"2024-11-12T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:20:46","slug":"nonstop-air-india-flights-usa-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/nonstop-air-india-flights-usa-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India\u2019s Nonstop Flights to Take off for Los Angeles and Dallas This Year End"},"content":{"rendered":"
After a long wait, Air India is taking off for Dallas and Los Angeles, the new destinations in the US-India nonstop travel corridor. India\u2019s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved nonstop Air India flights to Los Angeles in California, and Dallas in Texas from New Delhi starting December 1, 2024. Air India is yet to release Dallas to Delhi fare deals and Los Angeles to Delhi flight tickets through one of its associates, IndianEagle.com, the most-trusted travel booking partner of Indians in America.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The announcement of the tentative date for Air India flights to the new destinations in the United States came after the past two years of intensive preparations<\/strong>, such as fleet expansion, pilot training, enhanced inflight dining, customer service overhaul, new brand identity, digital upgrades, and\u00a0baggage tracking<\/a><\/span>\u00a0feature. As of now, only Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles are central to Air India\u2019s US network expansion plans, while Seattle and Boston have been shelved for the time being.<\/p>\n
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Texas, which is home to the second-largest Indian-origin community in the US, has been a strong contender for nonstop air connectivity to India from Dallas or Houston for years. Currently, San Francisco is the only city having direct connectivity to Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru for a greater part of the Southwest US. Despite the best fare deals for San Francisco to India travel<\/a><\/span>, catching Air India flights from SFO Airport is not viable for those residing in Texas.<\/strong> Undoubtedly, the highly anticipated Air India service to Dallas would fill the demand-supply gap.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the petitions for direct flights between Texas and India had put Dallas and Houston at loggerheads<\/strong>. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex being the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and housing the Asian Indian community of nearly 2.5 lakh individuals seems to have better prospects than Greater Houston for the Tata airline. The upcoming direct Dallas to India flights<\/a><\/span> would benefit South Asians, including Indians from Houston, Austin, Arlington<\/strong>, and the neighboring states, such as New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.<\/p>\n
The past few years have seen South Asians, including Indians, gravitating to South California and populating the Greater Los Angeles Area. That is why Southern California has been seeing the numbers of Asian Indians on a modest rise in Los Angeles, Irvine and their vicinity \u2013 which promises a high demand for direct flights to India from Los Angeles<\/a><\/span> International Airport. Indians residing in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona would drive the demand, as Air India\u2019s interline partner, Alaska Airlines would connect them to LAX for direct flights to India.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Dallas and Los Angeles among Air India\u2019s new US destinations, are most likely to get weekly seven nonstop services as per the winter 2024 schedule authorized by DGCA.<\/strong> Initially, Air India may induct B777-300ERs (leased from Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines) into service to these two new destinations in the US. These are well-equipped modern aircraft. We are yet to know whether B777-300ERs would be retrofitted with premium economy seats like Air India\u2019s brand new A350s and ex-Delta B777-200LRs.<\/p>\n