New Delhi - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
We are from the U.S. There is a direct flight that’s 15 to 17 hours from some US gateways like JFK, Newark, Chicago, etc. Add connection time and one or two flights in the US. Connection can also be Paris, London, Amsterdam. Delhi has a major airport, so big planes. - Jun 2024
USA. It is approximately a 17 hour direct flight from JFK airport with American Airlines. Direct flights from Newark to Delhi also exist. With international connections it can take up to 30 hours one-way. It is a long flight away from home. - Apr 2024
USA. Trip is long. There are some 15 hour direct flight from New Delhi to some east coast cities. Otherwise, 10 to Europe plus transatlantic. Or go the other way through Asia. Easy to approach or exceed 30 hours door to door with 2 or 3 layovers etc. - Apr 2024
Home city is Washington, DC. A 14-hour direct flight to the U.S. is possible, but mostly you'll be traveling through Paris or London. Traveling to and from New Delhi isn't particularly difficult. - Jan 2022
DC. Flights were around eight hours up to Europe, then another seven to eight Dulles. I usually broke up the flights with an overnight in London. You can fly direct on United from Delhi to Newark but it's a hellacious 14 or 15 hour flight that I found to be uncomfortable and interminably long. If you can swing first class, though, that may be the way to go. - Sep 2020
United States East Coast. 13 hr direct flight from Delhi to New York, or various connections through Europe. - Jul 2020
It is 20 hours flying time to the DC area. - Jul 2019
USA. Lots of different ways to get here. - Dec 2017
Washington, DC. Fly to NYC, then 16 hours direct flight to New Delhi. - Oct 2017
Washington, DC. We had a couple of options for flights. United Airlines flew Dulles to Newark to Delhi. The final flight being about 14-15 hours. Connection time in Newark varied. Several airlines flew from Dulles to Europe to Delhi, including British Airways going via London. Those flights split the travel in half--about 7-8 hours each flight. Emirates had a Dulles-Dubai-Delhi flight that we took as well. It was about 14 hours from Dulles to Dubai and about 3 onward to Delhi. Overall, expect about 20 hours of travel time. - Mar 2017
Washington, DC. There's no direct flight, so it's either the long haul to Newark or a stopover in Europe somewhere - 16+ hours of flying. - Feb 2017
I'm from New York. 13 hours direct. More like 24 with connections. - Nov 2016
There are non-stop flights from Delhi to NYC (JFK & EWR), Chicago, and San Francisco. Dozens more connect through Europe. The current city-pair fair for Delhi to DC is an American Airways codeshare with British Airways, with mixed reviews. Some flights arrive or leave at ungodly hours, but there are a few more better options with the advent of the 777 and 787 flying longer routes with smaller passenger loads. - Jun 2016
Non-stop flights to Delhi from Newark (United) and Chicago (Air India) (both Star Alliance carriers) are available, plus lots of connections through most European cities. Some other airlines are starting up non-stop service from the U.S. to Delhi. - Sep 2014
Washington DC area. Connected through London to New Delhi. - Sep 2014
From New York, you can get a non-stop flight (Newark to New Delhi) that takes 12 hours or so. - Aug 2013
New York - direct flight was about 18 hours. - May 2013
DC - 36 hours - Oct 2012
Washington, D.C. - about 36 hours take off to landing in terms of time difference+travel. Direct Delhi to Newark is 15 hours with a lay over of two hours and a late departure for the one hour flight to DC. - Aug 2011
14 hours to Newark - Aug 2011
Washington D.C. Long, 22 hours, at least. - Aug 2011
Washington DC. 15 hours or more travel - Jan 2011
USA - 14 hours or more via United or Continental. - Sep 2010
Paris. Direct connections from Charles de Gaulle. An 8-hour-flight to Indira Gandhi Airport. - Aug 2010
You can fly direct from Chicago or New York or connect through Amsterdam or Frankfurt. About 14 hours from DC. - Aug 2010
From the US we stopped over in France and then took Lufthansa Airways to Delhi. From there it was around seven and one-half hours. - Aug 2010
