Dr. Sharma said that under the scheme, a tourist can discover India in 1 or 2 weeks at a reasonable travel cost.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced Air India’s entry to the west coast of the USA while concluding a speech to the Indian American community in San Jose.

Air India will soon begin service from New Delhi to San Francisco, creating the first nonstop flight to connect India to the West Coast.

However, Air India’s flight to San Francisco does not even make the top 10 flight distances. “I am sure this will further enhance arrivals from both countries and augment the tourism sector on an overall basis”.

Last month, however, United Arabic Emirate’s mega carrier Emirates announced plans to link Dubai and Panama City with a non-stop flight of 13 760km – 60km longer than the current record-holding flight.

The five, 670-mile flying runs thrice every week, on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and quickly take about 16 lots of hours. “Business travellers looking for short stays and direct options will also be hugely benefitted by this connection, just like the existing three non-stop flights to New York (JFK), Newark (EWR) and Chicago (ORD)”, the national carrier said.

The resource is calling to actually please the larger Indian group in America’s Silicon Valley, exactly where Modi compensation an appointment on Saturday.

Passengers from seven cities in India-Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Ahmedabad and Pune will have “seamless connections” to the flight from Delhi.

Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines had planned a Bengaluru-San Francisco flight but had to abandon the plan for technical reasons.