Originally Posted by djjaguar64
Well how can you verify that Delhi is a lesser destination than BOM as the YYZ-DEL flights are usually sold out and AC is not beginning to use the 345 on this route as well.
Well you just have to look at the number of intercontinental flights from the two points. The fact that Northwest operate a daily DC-10 from Mumbai but have left Delhi to KLM is an indication of the relative strengths of the two markets.
It is good to hear the Air Canada service to India is getting satisfactory loads (I recall Canada 3000's aborted attempt at the route) but I wonder how limited they are for payload, especially westbound, with the A340-300. The Indian market is particularly price sensitive and susceptible to fare competition from the Gulf carriers, which reduces the ability to recover extra costs with premium fares. A full flight is not necessarily a highly profitable one.