National carrier Air India successfully flew World’s longest all-woman operated and supported flight from the national capital New Delhi to San Francisco.Flight was operated as part of International Women’s Day celebrations and travelled a distance of around 14,500 kilometres in close to 17 hours. The non stop flight to San Francisco took off on 6th March 2016 from New Delhi.
Key facts:
- The flight was under the command of Kshamta Bajpayee & Shubhangi Singh. They were supported by 1st Officers Ramya Kirti Gupta & Amrit Namdhari.
- Entire operations in this historic flight on one of the world’s longest route were handled by the women.
- They handled all operations including the cockpit crew to cabin crew, check-in staff, doctor, customer care staff, ATC (air traffic control) and the entire ground handling.
- Currently, National carrier Air India has about 3,800 women employees, including the pilots, engineers, cabin crew, doctors, technicians, security personnel & executives.
Air India operates the world’s longest all women flight
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