Air India's maiden non-stop flight from Delhi to San Francisco has been launched. This will help reduce the travel time to the US West Coast by nearly six hours. As soon as the flight touched down at San Francisco, it was given a rousing welcome, and the airport traffic control tower was lit in the Indian tri-colour to welcome the 230 passengers aboard the flight.<br/><br/>Venkatesan Ashok, Consul General of India, and several other officials from India and the US attended a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the beginning of the services. With this, Air India has became the first Indian carrier to directly connect Delhi to the West Coast.<br/><br/>The national carrier will fly three flights a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to the West Coast in September, had announced to soon launch the services.