Originally Posted by
angetenar
At what fares though? VFR (visiting family/relatives) traffic tends to be very price sensitive and low yielding and not enough to sustain a ultra long haul route given a US cost structure.
lets put it this way. Before Russia airspace became an issue they were planning on having 5 daily flights US-India during peak travel season. They obviously feel there is plenty of O/D traffic they’d be able to eat up if they could fly the routes they wanted to.