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When Will AI Start Serving SFO

Camair From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (7 years 4 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1997 times:

Hi,
it has been discussed here some time ago, that Air India was about to start services from India (BOM or DEL) via Europe (possibly FRA) to SFO. Does anyone have news on this?
I couldn't find any official statement on this from AI but would be happy to know as I will be flying to California end of March.

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Tundra767 From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2005, 429 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1944 times:

First they need to get there 744 fixed and out of in LAX. They must be feeling the loss of this one.

Gr8Circle From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 2987 posts, RR: 4
Reply 2, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1898 times:

Quoting Tundra767 (Reply 1):
First they need to get there 744 fixed and out of in LAX. They must be feeling the loss of this one.

What's that got to do with a long term plan for starting operations to SFO ? Confused

I guess by the end of this year, when they start receiving new aircraft from Boeing, things may start happening....till then, it would be the same old story of not having enough aircraft, etc..

Tundra767 From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2005, 429 posts, RR: 4
Reply 3, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1882 times:

Quoting Gr8Circle (Reply 2):
What's that got to do with a long term plan for starting operations to SFO ?

Exactly what you said not having enough aircraft. Was said being sarcastic as they have had the 744 sitting in LAX. It appears that it is not going any place to fast. Would be great to see AI expand sooner rather then latter to SFO. Would also be great to see the 777 in LAX.

AS739X From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 5820 posts, RR: 23
Reply 4, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1787 times:

Looks to be a while till anything new happends on the AI front. When does the first 777 come?

ASLAX

"Some pilots avoid storm cells and some play connect the dots!"

Ctang From Australia, joined Jul 2001, 139 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1782 times:

Air India currenly codeshares with SQ on SQ1/SQ2/SQ15/SQ17 via HKG and ICN.

Karan69 From India, joined Oct 2004, 2784 posts, RR: 19
Reply 6, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1744 times:

On 13th January when AI signed the 68 aircraft oreder with Boeing, they stated that the new aircraft would enable them to start new routes that their passengers demand like DEL-NewYork and Mumbai-SanFrancisco.

That was said by their CMD, V, Tulsidas...

So as of now until the 777-200 LRs come in no chance of starting a SFO service, or you may never know if demand is great they might as well have one via FRA and one Non-stop service.

Nimish From India, joined Feb 2005, 3076 posts, RR: 9
Reply 7, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1722 times:

Quoting Camair (Thread starter):
I couldn't find any official statement on this from AI but would be happy to know as I will be flying to California end of March.

If you're keen to fly AI to California - your best bet is to fly to LAX! I don't see AI starting SFO services any time soon (unless they manage to lease a new bunch of aircraft).

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CamAir From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 8, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1719 times:

Boeing states that
"deliveries are scheduled to begin in November 2006"
for the first of the new aircraft. So it may take some time before new services are started.

CamAir From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1713 times:

Quoting Nimish (Reply 7):
If you're keen to fly AI to California - your best bet is to fly to LAX!

Thanks. That's what I'm going to do. As I am going to spend some time in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, it is the same to me. I was just dreaming of flying FRA-LAX and on the way back SFO-FRA. But so I will have to take the train (or a local flight) two times. No problem.
Thanks for the hints.

Nimish From India, joined Feb 2005, 3076 posts, RR: 9
Reply 10, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1692 times:

Quoting CamAir (Reply 9):
But so I will have to take the train (or a local flight) two times. No problem.

The ticket on AI should be common-rated for SFO or LAX. So buy a AI ticket to SFO, and you should get the LAX-SFO-LAX sectors at no charge (probably on AA or UA).

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CamAir From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1676 times:

Quoting Nimish (Reply 10):
you should get the LAX-SFO-LAX sectors at no charge (probably on AA or UA).

My travel agent told me that was only possible when AI operates the flight LAX-SFO-LAX itself, not over a partner airline. Is that not true?

ARGinLON From Vatican City, joined Jun 2005, 614 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1670 times:

I heard IAH was also a possibility

Gr8Circle From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 2987 posts, RR: 4
Reply 13, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1665 times:

Slightly off topic, but currently, are AI pax from New York allowed to catch the flight or get off at either EWR or JFK? Or is the ticket issued for a specific airport only?

AirScoot From United States of America, joined May 2005, 688 posts, RR: 2
Reply 14, posted (7 years 4 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1665 times:

Quoting CamAir (Reply 11):
My travel agent told me that was only possible when AI operates the flight LAX-SFO-LAX itself, not over a partner airline. Is that not true?

It depends on how they decide to file the fare. In most instances (including how they have it filed now) you should be able to - but they have everything filed such that you can only stop over in europe. Right now the LAX-SFO would sector out as a seperate charge included in the price of the ticket. Say it's $500 FRA-LAX/SFO-FRA.. if you wanted to stop in Los Angeles then continue on to San Francisco then stop for a couple of days.. then continue back to Frankfurt... the stopover would be in the US so at an additional charge.

That said, the difference in fare isn't so bad.

I'm not really up on AI as much as I used to be. I know they don't have a reciprocal frequent flyer agreement with anyone in the US as yet, but do they have an airline that they partner with regularly?

CamAir From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 15, posted (7 years 4 months 2 days ago) and read 1533 times:

A friend just sent me this link to an article about Air India opening an office in San Francisco. A travel agent is cited to have been "waiting for 28 years" for that!

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