The passengers would be able to travel direct to Chicago without change of aircraft en route. Earlier, passengers were required to disembark at Mumbai and board another aircraft to fly to Chicago. With the new service being introduced, transit time at Mumbai had been effectively reduced from three to four hours to one-and-a-half hours.
The services, which were being introduced effective today, would be operated with Boeing 747-400 aircraft with First Class (Flat Beds), Executive Class (Slumberettes) and Economy Class.
