Another question, will 9W pick up any revenue passengers in ATH? or just a fuel stop?, as if its just for the sake of operating & clearing backlog of passengers for INDIA-North America traffic couldn't they have flown via Pacific? using HKG Hub(I know its the East Coast, but could the 9W B77W's do HKG-YYZ, EWR) I believe CX & AC do HKG-YYZ nonstop...(so clearly they could have negoiated something with HKG authorities, if possible)??

Just curious to know, as I was watching NDTV and DEL was packed with stranded passengers off to YYZ, EWR via Europe and this was 2 days ago... Only if there still was the short lived route via PVG-SFO...