In February 2020, American Airways stated it deliberate to function a 285-seater Boeing 787-9 plane on the Seattle-Bengaluru route.
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When introduced in early 2020, the scheduled flight between Seattle and Bengaluru of American Airways was purported to be the primary continuous one between the town and the US.
Nevertheless, practically 4 years later, the launch of this service, which was anticipated to satisfy company passengers’ demand for journey to Seattle and adjoining areas within the US, stays indefinitely postponed.
Authentic schedule
Initially scheduled to start in October 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic put a break on its operations as solely flights underneath the air bubble preparations have been allowed to function on the worldwide routes.
Although the Ministry of Civil Aviation opened up the worldwide airspace on March 27, 2022, this route remained a non-starter as a result of Russian invasion of Ukraine and the next ban imposed by the US authorities over flying over Russian airspace.
American Airways stated that the protection of its clients and workforce members is the airline’s high precedence and that because the Seattle-Bengaluru route requires its flights to fly over an airspace that’s concerned in a navy battle the route stays a non-starter.
Security concern
“American Airways has indefinitely postponed the launch of scheduled service between Seattle and Bengaluru, India. The security of our clients and workforce members is America’s high precedence. As this route requires flying via airspace at the moment concerned in a navy battle, we postponed the flight out of an abundance of warning,” an American Airways spokesperson informed The Hindu.
A senior official from the Bangalore Worldwide Airport Restricted (BIAL) stated that flights between the 2 cities are unlikely to begin any time quickly as it will not be viable for US carriers to take an extended route by avoiding the Russian airspace.
When introduced in February 2020, American Airways stated that it deliberate to function a 285-seater Boeing 787-9 plane on this route.
BIAL had forecast that this new route would give passengers simpler and quicker entry to San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Denver, Arizona, Dallas, Chicago, West Coast, and East states on a one-stop flight as in comparison with a number of cease overs prior to now.
In 2021, Air India turned the primary airline to function a continuous flight between Bengaluru and the US when it launched a service to San Francisco.