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Air India marked Women’s Day with an all-female operating the world’s longest direct flight

NEW DELHI –  India’s national carrier Air India has marked International Women’s Day with an all-female crew operating the world’s longest regularly scheduled direct flight, from New Delhi to San Francisco.
Air India Chief Ashwini Lohani described the 17-hour flight as a “symbol of women’s empowerment.”
The entire flight operation — from pilots Kshamta Bajpayee and Shubhangi Singh and their co-pilots to the cabin crew, check-in staff and ground handling staff — was handled by women, the airline said in a statement.
Every year Air India celebrates International Women’s Day by deploying female crews on some domestic and international routes.

 

Source: Associated Press, 9 March 2016

 

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