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India reported another record daily rise in coronavirus
infections on Friday, bringing total new cases for the week to
1.57 million, as its vaccination rate falls dramatically due to
a lack of supplies and transport problems.
Until the Chicago-Delhi route is halted on May 31, United said
will use its larger Boeing 777-300ER jets on seven roundtrip
flights to accelerate the repatriation of citizens between the
two countries and the delivery of vital medical supplies. It was
previously using the Boeing 787-9.
United, the only U.S. carrier flying to India, said it will
continue its daily flights to Delhi from Newark and San
Francisco and to Mumbai from Newark.
However, it will "continue to monitor customer demand to
determine if any additional changes to its schedule are
necessary," it said.
As of now it expects to resume the Chicago-Delhi flights, which
it launched in December, in July and kick off its San
Francisco-Bangalore service on August 1 versus previous plans
for a May 27 launch.
Rival American Airlines plans to launch flights from Seattle to
Bangalore, known as the Silicon Valley of India, later this
year.
(Reporting by Tracy Rucinski; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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