I often travel from LAX to MNL, and often see some discrepancy in pricing (PAL has business class direct from LAX to MNL for about $5k, but China Southern has business class through Guangzhou for $2700 - with a superior product.

I was floored by the price discrepancy on the LAX to DEL vs. DXB though - you're certainly right in that it makes sense that they have to meet competitive pricing into India.

As for Pune, I flew into BOM last time and the taxi ride to Pune almost killed me. On the way there, the guy drove 100mph in traffic - I put on my headphones and wept softly. On the way back, there was an accident that forced us on a detour and it took 6 hours to get back and I missed my flight. From that day on, I swore to fly in. We'll see how that works...