Originally Posted by
atldiamond
I'm really not sure this is true for US->India vs non-stops on AA or UA from New York for those final destinations served (BOM / DEL).
I'm not sure I could justify the extra 6+ hours to connect in Doha/Abu Dhabi vs a potential direct out of Atlanta to my final destination in India
I'm sure someone with Cirium data access could prove this out.
For other destinations in India where you'd have to connect once arriving in India, probably makes far more sense to take EK/EY/QR
regarding nonstops from Atlanta delta did announce intentions to fly atl-del nonstop but anything can happen until a start date is announced. Not ruling out a possibility delta changes its mind to do jfk-India to pair the jfk-icn a350 once that starts considering the Atlanta to Delhi announcement happened before the one mile at a time lax-mnl/sin and lax/jfk-icn rumor broke out.