Originally Posted by
SFO777
...Perhaps your skepticism comes from the fact that you don't live in one of those markets and seem unwilling to pay more than $1,800 for an RT to Asia.

My skepticism comes from my belief that there is an insufficient number of customers residing in, or traveling to the NYC or LAX catchments who are willing/able to pay the going SQ J fare day in and day out with enough volume to fill two A340s.
I am going to ask a consultant friend of mine to see if he can pull a data run on those primary routes to see how the numbers look.