American Airlines Launches Flights From Seattle to Bengaluru

Source: airlinesfleet.com

 As of as a recently as yesterday, the worlds biggest airline, Dallas based carrier, American Airlines made a partnership with the Seattle based carrier, Alaska Airlines, which has led to Alaska Airlines being a part of the one world alliance, and the two carriers making a joint venture in the west coast. Alaska Airlines at the moment is well invested in its hub in Seattle, flying mostly to cities on the west coast, while American is well invested in Los Angeles, as it offers more international flights from LAX than United Airlines and Delta. Overall, this seems like a good partnership, as Alaska Airlines is also invested in Los Angeles after they have taken over Virgin America.

As a result of this partnership, American Airlines has decided to invest more in Seattle as a connection hub, as they plan to make it another hub where they can help Alaska Airlines with long haul international flights. The first of these flights, for now, is going to be a nonstop flight from Seattle to Banglore, which will be the only flight from North America to the southern part of India, as well as the second flight route from the west coast to India, with the only other one being San Fransisco to Delhi, which is operated by United Airlines and Air India.

The aircraft for this flight which is launching in October of this year will be a 787-9, which is a smaller Long Haul aircraft. The flight from what I see is to connect 2 of the world's biggest Technology hubs, as well as offer the best connectivity for the South Indian population on the West Coast of the United States. Though the majority of the competition is lying in the Middle East and Asia with major connection hub-based airlines, the flight does have competition on another Nonstop flight. A major competing flight is the Air India flight from San Fransisco to Delhi, given it continues to Banglore and also connects tech hubs, and overall this flight is more convenient, given you connect in Seattle, leading to having a one-stop option from San Jose, a city where most tech companies have their offices are located. Overall, in my mind, this is a flight that I will probably fly on frequently in the future, as I live in Southern California, and have relatives that I frequently visit in Banglore, which leads to this flight being the most convenient option.