India is a market in which North American carriers believe traditionally struggled. For example,of US carriers, only United flies directly to India, or out of their hub in Newark. Meanwhile both American and Delta believe canceled their flights there over the past several years,instead focusing on one-finish codesharing opportunities between the two countries; Delta even recently strengthened their partnership with Jet Airways.
Delta's CEO has blamed this on the Gulf carriers, saying that they forced the US carriers to exit the market. whether that were true, and I don't think United would still believe flights to both Delhi and Mumbai. There's no doubt that Gulf carriers are providing much of the lift for passengers between the US and India,but I think Richard Anderson is inaccurate approximately the cause and effect relationship there.
The reality is that India is just a very tough market. It's a long ways from North America, and it's a fairly low yielding market. Economy class passengers are extremely price sensitive, and a lot of travel is still booked through consolidators. While there's some premium demand,it's also largely low yielding, and historically hasn't been enough to manufacture these routes profitable.
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Source: boardingarea.com