{"id":7273,"date":"2019-07-27T09:47:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T04:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=7273"},"modified":"2019-07-27T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T04:17:10","slug":"in-a-first-boeing-777-lands-at-jaipur-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/in-a-first-boeing-777-lands-at-jaipur-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"In a first, Boeing 777 lands at Jaipur airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jaipur: A Boeing 777 landed at Jaipur International Airport\nfor the first time. Due to its size, the big aircraft couldn\u2019t land here\nearlier, but it was made possible by the runway extension that was completed in\nMarch 2017. The aircraft took off with 340 Haj pilgrims at 3.40 pm on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first woman commercial pilot from Rajasthan Paruk\nShekhawat operated the flight. Parul \u2013 daughter of SMS Hospital\u2019s former\nsuperintendent Narpat Singh Shekhawat – belongs to Jaipur. Her husband is also\na senior pilot with Air India. She was operating the flight as the captain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boeing 747 planes were being used for Haj pilgrims till now.\nWhile Boeing 747 is smaller in size, it can accommodate more passengers than\nBoeing 777. Boeing 777 with four engines can accommodate 340 passengers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The runway extension work was completed in March, but it was\nfor the first time that Boeing 777 landed at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the runway extension work was undergoing, the airport\nauthorities had to either reschedule or terminate many flights. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jaipur: A Boeing 777 landed at Jaipur International Airport for the first time. Due to its size, the big aircraft couldn\u2019t land here earlier, but it was made possible by the runway extension that was completed in March 2017. The aircraft took off with 340 Haj pilgrims at 3.40 pm on Friday. The first woman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n