One interesting thing I noticed is that no US carrier flies non-stop from New York to Asia. The longest flight by a US carrier is Delta's to Tel Aviv, and they recently discontinued a nonstop to Narita.
Is there any possibility on making New York an international hub for American carriers like DL and AA? Considering CX pulls 3 daily nonstops to HKG and NH/JL combined have 4 daily nonstops to TYO (HND + NRT), it is surprising that no US carrier flies such popular routes.
Map of possible routes:
Hong Kong
- --Would work better for AA which codeshares with CX
--8067 miles from NY to HKG
--Could be started when the demand for a 4th JFK-HKG flight arises
Tokyo (preferably Haneda)
- --Would work better for AA which codeshares with JL
--6772 miles from NY to HND
--Could be started when the demand for a 5th JFK-Tokyo flight arises
--US Carriers have operated JFK-TYO in the past, and can certainly have an impact on this popular route
Seoul-Incheon
- --Would work better for DL which codeshares with Korean Air
--6906 miles from NY to ICN
--Multiple flights exist between JFK and ICN, and DL can definitely funnel from other eastern US cities and codeshare with Korean on the other end
Shanghai-Pudong
- --Would work better for DL which codeshares with China Eastern
--7392 miles from NY to PVG
--Delta arguably has a better hard and soft product than China Eastern, which can certainly attract high-paying yield
--DL can funnel from other eastern US cities and codeshare with MU on the other end
Mumbai
- --Would work better for DL which codeshares with Jet Airways
--7807 miles from NY to BOM
--Nobody currently flies from New York to Mumbai, despite the fact that it is the third largest premium market from BOM after DXB and SIN
--DL can funnel from other eastern US cities and codeshare with 9W on the other end
Beijing-Capital
- --Could work for either DL or AA but challenging as PEK is a *A hub
--6838 miles from NY to BOM
--There is certainly demand in the near future for a third daily NY-PEK, and a US carrier can prove to have a better product than Air China