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@AviationStl @flystl What website is this?

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@contrailzach @adampnathan Personally, I could see Kansas or South Carolina being next.

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@AfaqAviation With the strikes in RUH, I would not be surprised if they decided to focus more on VFR destinations like CGK, DEL, HYD, MAA, BLR, etc. In my opinion, RX should look to add India capacity as soon as possible before the bilateral gets full due to the low-cost airlines.

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@adampnathan The yields they would get out of MCO to Europe would not be great tbh

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@UpdatesChennai Would not be shocked if Riyadh Air is also evaluating MAA.

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@DjsAviation DEL, BLR, MAA, HYD, COK, CDG, FCO, HND/NRT, ICN, KIX, JFK, PEK/PKX, PVG, BCN, FRA, MUC, ZRH, DUB, IAD, DTW, YYZ, SGN, HAN, JNB, CPT, NBO, LOS, etc

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@adampnathan Would it even get approved?

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@sandeep_vobl Agreed. I could see BOM being tied with BLR and MAA digging deeper into the data tbh. The main advantage for BOM is sheer volume tbh.

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@sandeep_vobl Like you basically said, it depends on what KE is truly looking for, which we do not know,

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@sandeep_vobl Yeah, I think the only minus for BLR is that I’m not sure if KE could even time an ICN-BOM/BLR/MAA flight to the main NA banks due to the sheer distance. If MAA had a flight to TYO like BLR, then BLR would be ahead.

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@sandeep_vobl Just to see how the market has been growing.

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@sandeep_vobl Yeah, but that might give us more of a clearer answer, even if it was still below pre-COVID numbers.

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@sandeep_vobl Is it massive out of MAA because then it makes sense why KE operates cargo flights to Chennai.

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@sandeep_vobl Looking at the yields, I feel like it would be a better play to try and focus on BLR-ICN as well as connections onto Japan and the U.S. if they time it will for US connections because the yields from secondary South Indian cities don’t look too great.

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@sandeep_vobl Taking a look at the yields, if BLR and/or MAA are included in the bilateral, then they would be more likely than BOM tbh unless there is some massive cargo demand out of BOM or there is a big company willing to fill up the premium seats at a high yield.

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@sandeep_vobl Interesting. If MAA’s fares drop again next year, then BLR would be more likely for a KE flight to South India. (For all of India, I feel like BOM is more likely than BLR tbh).

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@sandeep_vobl How about the trends from 2022 to 2025? I feel like airlines may also look at trends from past years because basing it off one year can be a little unreliable.

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@sandeep_vobl Agreed. Although, BLR might actually have a higher chance because SEA-DEL’s yields are poor.