NEW DELHI — Air India will operate the longest all-women crew flight from the Indian national capital to San Francisco March 6 to celebrate International Women’s day.

The “historic” New Delhi-San Francisco flight will have 14 crew members and four pilots, all of whom will be women. The flight will leave March 6 and return March 8.

Besides that, the national carrier said on March 4 it would operate over 20 all-women crew flights in domestic routes March 8 on International Women’s day.

Air India was the first carrier in the world to operate an all-women crew in 1985.

Air India chairman and managing director Ashwani Lohani said the flight to San Francisco March 6 would be a symbol of “women’s empowerment.” The duration of the flight will be more than 15 hours.

“It will be a historic flight and the longest to be operated by an all-women crew,” Lohani said.

The state-run airline has around 3,800 women in its workforce of 27,500 people, with 20,500 of them regular employees.

According to Lohani, the airline has immense respect for women, and everyone associated with the flight, including pilots, engineers and those at the gate, will be women.

Every year Air India operates all-women flights to celebrate International Women’s Day.