Originally Posted by stut
That was my thought also - could they do something like a LHR-MAN-USA flight that would get you a direct (albeit not non-stop) connection to the US. Say, if they pick somewhere not served direct from LHR (like LAS), that could work out quite nicely for them.
OTOH, are we sure it'd be the A330s doing LHR-BOM? Didn't I hear a rumour of an A340 lease?
There is talk of AI wanting to do India-MAN-USA flights but this has been around a while. Whether this would help allow BD to do the same who knows.
There is supposed to be an A340 they have been offered that they were supposedly keeping in mind if they got enough of the India routes, but they are also confident of getting additional A330's if they needed them.
Did they only order 3 x A330's in total or was it 3, with 3 yet to be used options ?.