Look who’s now flying to India. Airline major Air Pacific has announced plans to fly direct to India, South America and beyond the US West Coast from 2011.

The airline top brass said that its plans come following a call to seriously examine flying to destinations well past Australia. The airline's current B747-400 aircraft were capable of flying up to 15 hours non-stop and could service points in South East Asia and North East Asia and China.

Air Pacific has placed orders for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to service points in India and beyond the US West Coast or South America non-stop. However, as the new aircraft would not available until 2011, the plans will also have to wait till then.

Th airline is also mulling over partnership arrangements with other airlines in which it would agree on special fares and pricing on connecting services via Japan, Australia, New Zealand and USA to Fiji. It already has special fare arrangements with China Eastern and China Southern Airlines serving Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou; with Air India serving four points and with Singapore Airlines covering five points in India plus numerous other arrangements with a variety of other airlines, said a report.

Air Pacific at present operates 112 flights per week servicing 17 destinations in 11 countries. Of the 112 flights, 34 are to Australia and New Zealand. Destinations being serviced by the airine include Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Auckland, Christchurch, Port Vila, Honiara, Apia, Tonga, Tarawa, Christmas Island, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Tokyo, Nadi and Suva.