Air India’s 4 women pilots have set a new history by flying on the North Pole, the world’s longest airspace. After taking a flight from San Francisco, US on Sunday, a team of female pilots arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore via the North Pole. The journey is about 16,000 km. This information was provided by news agency ANI.
As soon as the flight arrived in India, Air India was greeted by its Twitter handle. Air India tweeted, ‘Welcome home, we are proud of all of you (female pilots). We congratulate the passengers of AI 176 who are part of this historic journey. “The flight was run entirely by female pilots, including Captain Zoya Agarwal, Captain Papagari Tanmai, Captain Shivani and Captain Akanksha Sonware. The aircraft was carried by Lead Captain Zoya Agarwal.
Today, we have created world history not only by flying over the North Pole but also by having all the women pilots who have made it so successful. We are so happy and proud to be a part of it. The route saved 10 tonnes of fuel: Captain Joya Agarwal at Bangalore Airport https://t.co/wRyNNKC4GJ pic.twitter.com/q8jZgB6HBt
– ANI (@ANI) January 10, 2021
After landing at Bangalore Airport, Captain Zoya Agarwal said, “Today we are not only flying to the North Pole, but women pilots are doing it successfully.” We are so happy and proud to be a part of it. This route saved 10 tonnes of fuel.
It was an exciting experience as it had never been done before. Shivani Manhas, one of four pilots who handled Air India’s inaugural San Francisco-Bangalore flight, took about 17 hours pic.twitter.com/4L8mMFchbX
– ANI (@ANI) January 11, 2021
Pilot Shivani, one of the team that handled Air India’s inaugural flight to San Francisco-Bangalore, said it was an exciting experience because it had never happened before. It took about 17 hours to reach here. When this flight was flown in from San Francisco, since then, Air India has been informing us of its location from time to time via its Twitter handle. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri also tweeted about this.
The historic all-female cockpit crew pole flight from San Francisco to Bangalore makes the Vande Bharat mission even more special.
This mission has facilitated the international journey of over 46.5 lakh people so far.
We reach higher with 24 air bubbles. pic.twitter.com/4WOt2eLbvp
– Hardeep Singh Puri (ard HardeepSpuri) January 10, 2021
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri tweeted, “This historic journey from San Francisco to Bangalore makes the Vanda Bharat mission even more special because of women pilots. This mission has facilitated the international journey of over 46.5 lakh people so far. Notably, Air India pilots have flown the pole route before, but this is the first time a female pilot has flown to the North Pole.
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