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United to launch non-stop Chicago-Delhi flight

Our Correspondent in New Delhi

United Airlines will launch a non-stop daily service between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, on October 27 this year.

The addition makes United the only airline that flies nonstop between the United States and India.

In addition to meeting the needs of business and leisure travelers in Chicago, the new service will be the fastest way to reach New Delhi from many cities across North America, including the East Coast.

Using convenient connections through O'Hare, Chicago's largest airport and United's hometown hub, customers on the East Coast will find the Chicago connection quicker and more convenient than travelling to India via Europe.

United's unique flight schedule has an early departure from the US, allowing for same-day connections to many major cities in India including Bombay and Calcutta.

The return flight schedule from New Delhi will provide one of the only daylight departures to the United States, with plenty of time for customers to connect in New Delhi from major business centres in India.

Rono Dutta, president of United Airlines said: "India is a dynamic and fast-growing country, which has been under-served from the US. These new flights will provide tremendous opportunities for both local and connecting customers. We are excited about linking our primary hub airport at Chicago with New Delhi, and opening up India to the whole US."

United will offer Boeing 747-400 three-class service, featuring a configuration of 14 state-of-the-art United First Suites, 73 seats in United Business, 88 seats in United Economy Plus and 172 seats in United Economy. The new flight will take approximately 14 hours. It will cover nearly 7500 miles across the polar route that United helped pioneer.

United flight UA 992 will take 14 hours and 15 minutes to reach Delhi, while UA 991will reach Chicago in 15 hours and 5 minutes.

Globally, United offers nearly 2,400 flights each day.

Ticket sales for the new service will start on October 16.

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