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Agree so far
2
With the AI move to DEL this will grow in future
3
having a hub with 5-10 Indian cities and 10 US cities is a better thing to do than have a ULH route.
4
I would rather connect in BRU than in DEL, but I have not been through T3.
My last DEL experience was terrible '07 and I have not been back.
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The west coast of the US is also not served by 9W system.
Having a SFO/LAX flight to BRU may be a better use of the system to increase loads to India from EU hub and may be a better use of the planes from TK.
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You do NOT need to arrive at midnight.
If you time the departures later from the US around 8-9 PM and then the whole schedule goes later to arrive ~4 AM - makes for better early morning connections in India. My last AF flight to BLR I had to wait 6 hours in the terminal without an lounge.
However, this makes the take off from India early AM and the connections to those flights will then have to wait. e.g., secondary cities to MAA/BLR/BOM will arrive at night and will need to wait a lot longer to take off. The midnight departures are at least OK. You are so tired you go to sleep automatically even in Y.