Originally Posted by The Situation

AA and UA also have nonstop flights from NYC area airports. Despite the length of flight, airlines have found out time and time again that passengers are not willing to pay the premium needed to justify utilizing their aircraft on flights from U.S. to India. Looking at nonstop flight prices in the next 6 months, roundtrip flights in J to DEL start at $2983 and BOM are $4306. Meanwhile destinations in Europe start at $3000 and go up to more than $6000 (Munich, Vienna, etc). Why would they utilize their aircraft to fly twice as far to make the same revenue or less, especially knowing there is already competition on the route and that will further depress yields?