Air India's all women crew to fly three continents

New Delhi: Air India, to mark the occasion of International Women's Day will be operating all women crew international flights to one city in each of the three continents namely USA, Europe and Asia on Thursday. The three flights to be operated by the national carrier from Mumbai will include an ultra long haul flight AI 191 to Newark, AI 131 to London and AI 342 to Singapore.
Capt. Samiara along with first officer Mandeep Kaur will operate AI 342 from Mumbai to Singapore, while Capt Rashmi Miranda and Capt. Priya Acharya with first officers Rima Naik and A Divya, will operate AI 191 from Mumbai to Newark. The third flight AI 131 from Mumbai to London will be operated by Capt Sunita Narula with first officer Reshma Rajwani. Air India Express flight, IX 241 from Mumbai to Bahrain/Doha will be operated by Capt Sathya Rajmohan, Chameli Krothapalli with D Mooga and Rhythm Vyas as first officers.
On the domestic routes the airline will operate three flights from Delhi – AI 439 and AI 801 on the Delhi-Chennai and AI 213 on the Delhi-Kathmandu routes. AI 439 will be operated by Capt Aakanksha Verma and Capt. Deeksha Suri. AI 801 will be operated Capt. Nivedita Bhasin and Capt. Chitra Mirchandani and AI 213 to Kathmandu will be operated by Capt. Kamal Kant and Capt. Meenakshi ex-Delhi. AI 669 from Mumbai to Bhubaneshwar will be operated by Capt Gitanjali Khadria and Neelam Bisht while AI 649 from Mumbai to Raipur will be operated by Capt S Deshmukh and Shikha Harne.
07/03/12 Vinay Kumar/The Hindu

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