Scaling new heights: Meet the crew of the ‘historic’ all-women’s flight

With International Women’s Day round the corner, Air India is all set to make history by launching the flight AI 173. The Delhi-San Francisco non-stop flight will set a world record for being the longest all-women operated and supported flight. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

Updated on: Mar 05, 2016 8:39 PM IST

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With International Women’s Day round the corner, Air India is all set to make history by launching the flight AI 173. The Delhi-San Francisco non-stop flight will set a world record for being the longest all-women operated and supported flight. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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Captains Kshamta Bajpayi and Shubhangi Singh,First Officers Captain Ramya Kirti Gupta and Captain Amrit Namdhari applaud during the celebrations a day before the all-women crew Air India flight takes off from IGI Airport, New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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This first-of-its-kind flight will serve the passengers with an all-women staff, be it cabin crew, cockpit crew, check-in staff, doctor or customer care staff. Maninder Kaur, a cabin crew member at the celebration of the historic flight on Saturday. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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And not just that. Even the ground staff - from operator to technician, engineer, flight dispatcher and trimmer - will also all be women. Now that’s some celebration, right? (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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The crew of the all-women historic flight AI 173 from Delhi to San Francisco all spic-and-span at the celebrations. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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‘Glad you’re our daughter!’: First Officer Captain Ramya Kirti Gupta with her parents at the function to celebrate a historic New Delhi -San Francisco flight. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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“You need to work hard. There is no shortcut to success. I come from a modest family, and without any aviation background. I am overwhelmed to be a part of an all-women crew in the history of aviation,” says Captain Shubhangi Singh, one of the commanders of AI 173. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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See the pride in the eyes: (Left to right) First Officer Captain Amrit Namdhari, Captain Kshamta Bajpayi , Captain Shubhangi Singh and First Officer Captain Ramya Kirti Gupta feel the pride of being on what would be the longest ever all-women flight in the world. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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“The airline has immense respect for women and this flight would be a symbol of women empowerment,” Ashwini Lohani, CMD, Air India. The historic flight will take off from IGI Airport in New Delhi to San Francisco on March 6, 2016, two days before the International Women’s Day. (Waseem Gashroo/ HT Photo)