Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Still, except for purposes of special items transport, I don't see the great utility for the Indian government passengers in AI's operating continuing service between JFK and IAD as the flight is too short to be anything special and the more senior Indian government officials would ordinarily prefer DCA to IAD when having to be in DC itself.
Unfortunately, a 767 is the largest plane (to my knowledge) that can land at DCA. However, it is true that most senior Indian government officials would prefer DCA to IAD. I believe that Prime Minister Singh landed in IAD earlier this year for the G20.