Originally Posted by
hserus
Poor as in, AF/KL used to fly to a lot more Indian cities than they currently do (like my home city MAA - where I was plat on AF till they withdrew the direct flight on a 343). They withdrew all those flights and replaced them with interline deals (not even codeshares, the airline will sell you tickets with those segments on IT / 9W flight codes).
When I'm flying long haul to the states or Europe, the last thing I want to do is to fly domestic to DEL or BOM and connect from there, just adds several wasted hours to my travel time.
Yep., My Dad & Uncle, who used to fly MAA - CDG every month, used the AF flights, and from what I heard, the load was pretty good., Lately they are forced to travel in LH and not enjoying it very much,