Mumbai: For all the talk about economic growth in India, here's a metric that raises questions about U.S. engagement there: Two of the U.S.' big three international carriers have tried and failed to operate nonstop service between the U.S. and India. Most recently, bankrupt AMR said last week that it would eliminate Chicago-New Delhi service on March 1.
Delta , meanwhile, operated from New York's Kennedy International Airport to Mumbai from 2006 to 2008. Then it moved the flight to Atlanta and operated from there in 2008 and 2009.
In June 2009, Delta said it would move the flight back to New York. But in October, it ended the service altogether.
Delta still flies to Mumbai, but not from the U.S. Rather, it flies from Amsterdam and operates under aviation's fifth freedom, which enables flying between two foreign countries when the flight originates in the home country. In this case, Delta has Atlanta-Amsterdam-Mumbai daily routing for an A330.
United, the last survivor, flies daily from Newark to New Delhi and Mumbai. Additional service from the U.S. to India is on Air India, which flies three U.S. routes -- Mumbai-Newark, New Delhi-Chicago and New Delhi-New York as well as New Delhi-Toronto.
17/01/12 Ted Reed/The Street
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