<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Markonen:
At least BA and Virgin see the Baghdad route as a likely cash cow, at least for the duration of the western-led rebuilding effort. One would think that the same logic would apply even more for nonstop US flights to Baghdad.</font>
Why? From almost any major city in the US, one can transfer at LHR. If Baghdad were served from, say, JFK, then from any other US city one would still need one transfer to get there.