Air France Suspends LAX-LHR; Jet Airways Suspends SFO-BOM

Oct 10th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

2 moderate profile international flight suspensions I thought I’d pass along:

Air France will cancel its nonstop service from LAX to London Heathrow - without any major SkyTeam hub on either end, and quite a bit of competition, it was a non-starter. Instead, it will fly a codeshare with Delta from London Heathrow to JFK, essentially giving Delta a 3rd daily nonstop on the route.

And Jet Airways will cancel its San Francisco - Mumbai flight (via Shanghai), as it could no longer handle the losses on the route. That doesn’t bode well for Kingfisher’s announced entry into the busy US-India market.

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Oliver October 10th, 2008 3:20 pm :
Wow, that Jet Airways flight lasted all but a few months.
charlie October 13th, 2008 7:58 am :
who the hell wants to fly to india via china?
Jared October 13th, 2008 8:06 am :
not that many people, apparently :)

Actually, from the west coast, it’s not a bad way to go.

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