“UA has decided to temporarily suspend transiting Russian airspace"SFO-DEL/BOM impact
Mar 1, 2022, 10:56 pm
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I tried online and it was giving me SFO-FRA-BLR-DEL on certain days, and nothing to DEL on other days (I guess the BLR flight doesn't run daily). But couldn't book even that - it would error out. So had to call in, and they told me that there was nothing available to DEL unless I wanted to fly on the 24th of March or later. I don't believe that for a second, but the only thing I could get to ticket online was to BLR and if I end up using that, I'll just book Vistara separately to DEL and PNQ I suppose.
Mar 2, 2022, 4:27 am
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United Airlines ends its use of Russian airspace, suspends two India routes
At this rate, SFO-BLR is looking even more bleak
United Airlines ends its use of Russian airspace, suspends two India routes
At this rate, SFO-BLR is looking even more bleak
Mar 2, 2022, 6:53 am
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Mar 2, 2022, 7:03 am
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DEL-ORD (UA 899) is cancelled both today (which is "past") and for tomorrow. I do see the extra flight for Friday, though (UA 3049).
Mar 2, 2022, 7:08 am
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I guess that's part of them getting caught a little flat footed with the need to reroute.
Looks like they ran the "extra" recovery flight instead of the regular 899 today (2 March), and they're also running only it 3 March as well.
Mar 2, 2022, 7:28 am
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I see it now; forgot about the flat-out dumb behaviour of the website to not show any record of cancelled flights when searching by route.
I guess that's part of them getting caught a little flat footed with the need to reroute.
Looks like they ran the "extra" recovery flight instead of the regular 899 today (2 March), and they're also running only it 3 March as well.
I guess that's part of them getting caught a little flat footed with the need to reroute.
Looks like they ran the "extra" recovery flight instead of the regular 899 today (2 March), and they're also running only it 3 March as well.
Mar 2, 2022, 9:35 am
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Mar 2, 2022, 11:00 am
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Looks like they've stopped selling the SFO-DEL non-stop for the foreseeable future. The first date I can see is June 22nd. However, my flight next week still shows up in my reservation and apparently there's no waiver yet so I can't rebook via EWR without paying the full J fare. irritating. Might well end up on the LH flight
Mar 2, 2022, 11:51 am
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Takes a little longer for them to drop from schedule versus just zero inventory, if they even go ahead with that.
It is worth noting that it is somewhat common in an extraordinary circumstance like this for there to be a top-down hold on reaccomodating customers until a standard policy can be drafted (often with coordination with JV and other affected partners). I wouldn't be surprised if there was a memo to the effect of "don't rebook onto LH Group until we draft an agreement with them". Unfortunately, this sucks if you are traveling very soon and alternative space is vanishing fast.
It is worth noting that it is somewhat common in an extraordinary circumstance like this for there to be a top-down hold on reaccomodating customers until a standard policy can be drafted (often with coordination with JV and other affected partners). I wouldn't be surprised if there was a memo to the effect of "don't rebook onto LH Group until we draft an agreement with them". Unfortunately, this sucks if you are traveling very soon and alternative space is vanishing fast.
Mar 2, 2022, 12:05 pm
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At this point I’m probably going to just cancel the UA ticket and book something on LH. No point dealing with this and waiting and crossing my fingers that UA will return. The UA agents are being tough right now saying their computer isn’t letting me get on any JV airlines and I’m not sure why.
i really hope they are just cancelling until they find alternative routing or setup a fuel stop hub kind of like what AC did with Dublin. Because these india routes are high volume and are a lifeline for me and many others for a convenient in and out.
i really hope they are just cancelling until they find alternative routing or setup a fuel stop hub kind of like what AC did with Dublin. Because these india routes are high volume and are a lifeline for me and many others for a convenient in and out.
Mar 2, 2022, 12:33 pm
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Looks like they've stopped selling the SFO-DEL non-stop for the foreseeable future. The first date I can see is June 22nd. However, my flight next week still shows up in my reservation and apparently there's no waiver yet so I can't rebook via EWR without paying the full J fare. irritating. Might well end up on the LH flight
I guess if they are flying DEL-SFO, they have to fly the reverse sector somehow to get the crew home? Can they do a technical stop for SFO-DEL without the crew going illegal? I guess the easier thing to do is funnel that traffic through EWR or somewhere they have a crew base (does LHR still have one?)?
Mar 2, 2022, 1:18 pm
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Thanks all for keeping this thread updated - it's been useful for me to plan. My mom, sister, and I are flying SFO-BLR next week - my mom's routing was SFO-DEL-BLR (w/Vistara) and the same on the return. Out of an abundance of caution, we've already rebooked her on JAL via NRT.
My sister and I are flying LH through FRA on the way there, but BLR-BOM-EWR-SFO on the 19th back; we're opting to keep the reservation as is for now, and hopefully we end up on LH755/454 on the way back. I'll keep the thread updated once I inevitably end up on the phone with the 1K line
My sister and I are flying LH through FRA on the way there, but BLR-BOM-EWR-SFO on the 19th back; we're opting to keep the reservation as is for now, and hopefully we end up on LH755/454 on the way back. I'll keep the thread updated once I inevitably end up on the phone with the 1K line