...........and West is West
Agreed. The US situation is different to the Asian one. There are no aggressively expanding airlines and hubs who can bankroll speculative routes in the same way. Nevertheless, MAN's services by USA carriers have shown remarkable resilience through the tough times. Delta have maintained the JFK over this winter, and AA will go year-round on this route from April. The current offer from the 4 big carriers seems sustainable and could support measured growth as long as it is genuinely new traffic, or market-share taken from LHR / EU hubs.