Originally Posted by
mgn2000
About 10 days ago the dates I am looking at AC was C $1492 round trip in Economy. Right now is C $ 1207
I was referring to the Christmas season.
Bottom line is that the bulk of India routes is leisure. I would guess that the avg traveler is going 'home' for 2-3 weeks. One suitcase will not cut it specially if other carriers are offering 2 bags. People will fly other carriers for the same price or less with one stop if it saves them $200 for a bag v/s AC direct.
If AC is considering new routes like BOM (seasonal) or BKK they need to consider their total offering. Otherwise they wonder why the route is either not meeting loads or is unprofitable. This would apply to most long haul leisure routes.