Flying to Washington from Delhi becomes easy. Here’s how

Adding fifth destination in the US, Air India launched direct flight from Delhi to Washington DC.

This is Air India’s first flight to Washington DC. Air India has put 238-seater Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft in service that has eight seats in first class, 35 in business and 195 in economy class.

The occupancy on flights to Washington is at 90% for the month of July, according to the airline spokesperson.

The airline will operate a bigger 321-seater Boeing 777- 300ER aircraft between July 9 and 17, he said.

The service to the US capital will be offered thrice in a week. Air India already operates to New York, Newark, Chicago and San Francisco.

Air India's operations to the US account for 20 per cent of the total revenue of the national carrier. In the last fiscal, the state-owned carrier mopped up an estimated Rs 3,200 crore revenue, which is an increase of 17 per cent over FY 2014-2015, from its US operations alone.