Air India receives DGCA for "secret" flight in the Caribbean | India News

NEW DELHI: While India is still speculating on the point of procuring a fugitive of great value, Air India has learned that the DGAC had decided to accept a Boeing 787-8 for the non-stop special flight connecting Delhi to Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago.

The aviation regulator is emerging as India's efforts to get hold of a top-flight economic offender may have led to a breakthrough, even though There was no official confirmation.

The airline deploys the B787 Dreamliner on medium-haul routes connecting Delhi to Europe, Japan and Australia. For long-haul flights, it uses the Boeing 777 aircraft that operates non-stop flights on the east and west coasts of America.

As a result, AI had to obtain approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to use the medium range Dreamliner on the non-stop ultra-long-range (ULR) flight to the Caribbean. It was learned that the special flight had been cleared with 13 cabin crew members and three pilot groups – three captains and as many co-pilots – who will get up and return after resting during the flight. The same exercise is followed on the ULR Delhi-San Francisco and Mumbai-New York AI routes.

While the actual duration of the flight will be determined by the winds of the day of the flight, it is estimated that the flight from Delhi to Port of Spain will last from 16.5 to 17 hours. After landing, the crew must have 12 hours of rest, counting from the moment they enter the hotel room until their departure. The total stopover in Port of Spain will therefore be 14.5 hours, 2.5 hours being considered as a round trip time between the airport and the hotel.

We learn that artificial intelligence has targeted its main pilots for the flight. Given that the 256-seat airplane (18 business clbad and 238 economy clbad) will carry less than 45 pbadengers (including six pilots and 13 cabin crew) and very little will be embarked for the nonstop flight of nearly 14 000 km Delhi-Port of Spain.

Sources said that Amnesty International's request had undoubtedly been approved by the regulator, it is the only Indian airline to operate ULR flights for decades. The Delhi-San Francisco flight that it started almost four years ago is one of the longest non-stop flights in the world in terms of distance, as it takes the Pacific route to regain Delhi in a downwind and reduce fuel consumption. .