Fri, 10 Feb 2006
AA Adding Flights to India
On the way back from TX, I was reading American Way, the in-flight magazine, for American Airlines. In the CEO's column he noted that due to demand, they were finally adding flights from the US to India. I think just one city, for now, and I thought it was Delhi, but I can't recall.
In his column he explained how they'd fly from Chicago O'Hare to India and due to inclement seasonal weather their route would take them over the North Pole to Asia. Holy Crap. I don't know why, but that makes me queasy just thinking about it. Let me see if I can find his column ----five minutes pass---- Here we go:We are proud to offer the only nonstop service between Chicago O.Hare International Airport and Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India.That's a difficult flight. I went on lovely Singapore Air, and I was still ready to tear my hair out due to the flight length. But at least on Singapore Air, I had my own tv monitor and on-demand movie selector thing. AA doesn't have that. Unless they're offering that flight at a substantial discount, I'll stick with the hot
..... New markets always bring new challenges. In this case, seasonal winds, along with our desire to conserve fuel, mean we will fly over the North Pole during certain parts of the year, and over Russia and Northern Europe at other times. Of course, serving a new market well requires more than a plan to get there and back. Fortunately, we have a group of experts at American who have helped us tailor our product offering to the Indian market. Our Indian Employee Resource Group played a critical role in planning several aspects of our Delhi service. The group helped us develop a special menu that features Indian, Indian-inspired vegetarian, and Western meal selections. Also, in addition to our more traditional entertainment programming, travelers will be able to enjoy films from Bollywood . the Indian film industry . in Hindi with English subtitles.
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