Mumbai, June 21: As part of plans to expand its global network, Air India is mulling launching daily flights to San Francisco and Melbourne from New Delhi this year.
While flights to the Australian city is expected to commence operations from the winter schedule starting October, a final decision on the San Francisco flight is yet to be arrived at, airline officials told PTI here today.
Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav discussed the modalities involved in the process with Australian aviation authorities during his just-concluded visit to the country, they said.
“A final decision on the San Francisco is also expected shortly,” they said.
Before Air India, private carrier Jet Airways had launched a service to San Francisco via Shanghai in June 2008. But within six months, the airline withdrew the flight after it found the route economically unviable.
–Agencies