Originally Posted by
tth6133
For JFK, more passengers to/from East Asia (not just SE Asia) nowadays are also using TPE as a transit point, due to significant reduction of flights as a result of Russian airspace restriction and Sino-US tension, so I'm still surprised by the low load factors on that route.
At least to/from Mainland China, pricing is higher (or at least no better) than other options (e.g. Japan, Korea, LAX, SFO, DFW, DTW, SEA), and the transit experience is less pleasant IMO. Canada (i.e. YYZ + YVR) is the only transit that I rank below TPE in terms of overall convenience.