Originally Posted by
kalia960
It was a nonstop to India, but maybe "discontinued" is not the right word, because it was announced and then killed (in late 2001, for obvious reasons given the date) before it had started.
In 2001 I had purchased many tickets for UA's ORD-DEL non-stop flight that was to have its first scheduled flight in the fall of 2001; however, that non-stop flight -- for which tickets were outstanding -- was pulled before it went live.
Originally Posted by martin33
wasn't talking about that--- the discontinuance was of their earlier "round the world" eastward and westward flights, which were not nonstop to India.
You are referring to UA's ORD-LHR-DEL-HKG-type routing. I think UA's last flight that had equipment do that sort of thing out of India was on or about September 18, 2001.
... and people are choosing connections outside of India to get to their final destination. This has been driving a growing amount of business to: 1) LH, BA and NW/KL for European connections to places besides DEL/BOM in India; and EK, GF, SQ for Asian (including Arabian/Persian Gulf) connections to places besides DEL/BOM in India. Why? Because domestic connections in India are far less pleasant than connections outside India to those "secondary" cities in India.
Compare where European and Asian (including Arabian Peninsula) carriers fly in India today compared to 2000. There's more equipment to more places.