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India's national carrier to operate all-women flight to U.S.

Xinhua, March 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

To mark the International Women's Day, India's national carrier Air India will operate an all-women crew flight from Delhi to San Francisco Sunday.

The state-run Air India's chief Ashwani Lohani has said that the flight to San Francisco on March 6 will be a symbol of "women empowerment."

"It will be a historic flight and the longest to be operated by all-women crew," Lohani told the media in the national capital.

The flight will have 14 crew members and four pilots, all of whom would be women. The duration of the flight would be more than 15 hours. Endit