Air India To Start 3 Weekly Nonstop Flights Between SFO & Mumbai

Last Updated on Jul 10th, 2024 by Renu Dahiya, Leave a Comment

Planning to travel to Mumbai from San Francisco? We have a piece of amazing news for you! Air India will operate three weekly nonstop flights between San Francisco and Mumbai with effect from December 15, 2022, as it expands its international network. Skim through this piece to know more details about the latest news shared by Air India. 

Highlights From This Latest News

Air India will connect Mumbai with San Francisco with a thrice-weekly service from December 15, 2022. You can make bookings for the same anytime. Currently, the airline operates indirect or connecting flights from San Francisco to Mumbai and back on daily basis. 

Air India shared a tweet on Thursday, November 17, 2022 – “Fly direct from Mumbai to San Francisco, thrice a week, starting 15th December 2022”.

Here’s a glimpse of a tweet shared by Air India –

#FlyAI: Fly direct from Mumbai to San Francisco, thrice a week, starting 15th December 2022, with round-trip fares from ₹1,02,837/-
First. Fastest. Non-stop.

Explore #MumbaiToSanFrancisco#NonStopFlights #NonStopExperiences pic.twitter.com/gSSviMvOIz

— Air India (@airindiain) November 17, 2022

If you’re curious about non-stop USA-India flights, here’s the entire list of non-stop flights from USA to India and back.

Flight Schedule Of Air India Nonstop Flights Between SFO-Mumbai

• San Francisco to Mumbai – Flight AI 180 will depart from San Francisco’s SFO Airport at 09:00 PM on Thursday, Dec 15, 2022, and arrive at Mumbai’s CSMI Airport at 03:40 AM on Saturday, Dec 17, 2022. The duration of the flight will be 17 hours and 10 minutes. 
• Mumbai to San Francisco – Flight AI 179, will depart from Mumbai’s CSMI Airport at 02:30 PM on Thursday, Dec 15, 2022, and arrive at San Francisco’s SFO Airport at 05:00 PM on Thursday, Dec 15, 2022. The duration of the flight will be 16 hours. 

Flight No.	Departure Airport	Departure Time	Arrival Airport	Arrival Time
AI 179	Mumbai (BOM)	02:30 PM (Thursday, Dec 15, 2022)	San Francisco (SFO)	05:00 PM (Thursday, Dec 15, 2022)
AI 180	San Francisco (SFO)	09:00 PM (Thursday, Dec 15, 2022)	Mumbai (BOM)	03:40 (+2) AM (Saturday, Dec 17, 2022)

Air India’s Plan To Increase Connectivity To The US

These additional flights are part of Air India’s plan to increase connectivity to the US and the UK by operating 20 more flights to the two countries. These flights will be introduced in a phased manner from October 2022 to December 2022. Under this, flights from India to USA will increase from 34 flights to 40 flights per week. With the nonstop flights from SFO to BOM, the airline will, for the first time ever, offer premium economy class seats on its ultra-long-haul flights to the US. 

CEO & MD of Air India, Campbell Wilson said – “The sizeable frequency increase to the US and the UK, as well as the addition of new city pairs and improved aircraft cabin interiors, comes just 10 months after Air India’s acquisition by the Tata Group. It is a clear signal of our intent, and an early step towards a much bigger aspiration”.

Air India’s Fleet Expansion Plan

The airline recently signed leases and letters of intent for around 30 aircraft, including 5 wide-bodied Boeing aircraft, to augment its fleet size by 25%. The five Boeing 777-200LRs are set to join the airline fleet progressively from December 2022. The wide-bodied Boeing aircraft will be used for New York to Mumbai flights, San Franscisco to Mumbai flights, and San Francisco to Bengaluru flights.  

Other Announcements Made By Air India 

Some other new announcements made by Air India on flights from the USA to India are – 

• Air India will start nonstop flights between New York (JFK) to Mumbai with effect from February 14, 2023 – click here to know more. 
• Air India will operate 3 weekly nonstop flights between San Francisco and Bangalore from December 2. 2022 – click here to know more. 

Conclusion

With these new Air India’s nonstop flights between SFO-Mumbai, travel from the USA to India will be easier. You will be able to save enough time of yours with these nonstop flights and utilize that time in exploring more amazing places. You can make bookings for the same anytime. At the moment, there are many airlines that are operating a number of connecting flights from Mumbai to San Francisco and back on daily basis. 

 

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