Originally Posted by
stuttflyer
They might be looking to save the parking fees at JFK for those flights staying very very long at JFK. Instead of bearing huge losses on flying this short haul, they could schedule the flights to stay at the minimum at JFK and operate some short haul routes from BOM/DEL.
Possibly. Else, they could just codeshare with UA who already has flights between IAD-JFK. In fact I have not heard of many international carriers that have a stopover on US soil. Most seem to connect to domestic carriers via code-share.
I am hoping one day UA would expand its IAD-KWI and IAD-DXB flight list and add a IAD-DEL. Another 'Capital-to-Capital' non-stop would be great!