Originally Posted by
Flying Doctor
I still think that 9W has to be on the cards at some point. There really does need to be a strong presence in India given the rate at which air travel is growing over there.
FD
At some point for sure, but AY, BA and CX (not sure about AA and QF) are all providing connections to major Indian cities. Maybe some time is needed to check safety and other standards for Indian domestic flights.
Now, in Russia you have vast areas where no OW airline is flying at all. The only China - Russia OW connection for example is the CX codeshare flown on Aeroloft metal.
I'd put Russia first.