United Airlines starts Delhi-Chicago daily flights

The airline will operate a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft between the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and its hometown hub at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

New Delhi: United Airlines inaugurated on Saturday a daily non-stop flight between Delhi and Chicago, according to a company statement.

The airline will operate a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft between the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and its hometown hub at the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.

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With the introduction of the service, United will operate four daily nonstop flights from India.
“The airline additionally operates daily year-round services from Mumbai and New Delhi to New York/Newark, and from New Delhi to San Francisco,” the statement said.

United also expects to introduce a new daily nonstop service between Bengaluru and San Francisco from May 8 next year, it said.

Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under the air bubble arrangements formed between India and around 22 countries since July.