notapilot15,
Are you high?
Air India seat 238 in their 3 -200LR's.
That is the lowest density of any carrier operating the aircraft. They have been operating with empty or 1 seat booked in the F cabin on average, 30-35% in J, and 50-60% in Y and that with rubbish yields.
Supposedly they will begin (finally) removing the F cabin and re-configuring to a more commercially viable seat count of 298.
For comparison, EK seat 266, DL 297, AC 301 (new configuration).
Furthermore AI does not have approval to operate in the polar region, and that won't change anytime soon (they most likely never go through the regulatory process) and hence must take a slight detour (longer).
The flight does not even operate daily.
Do you seriously believe high yielding pax are going to choose that excuse of a airline over EK? Especially on the lucrative SFO-BLR segment?
Nobody in their right mind (except yourself of course) would choose AI's 3x week SFO-DEL-BLR (DEL-BLR is on a A321....) over EK's offering. Which is precisely why EK operates a A380 loaded to the gills.
Like it or not, EK is the worlds largest operator of the B777 and the only one to have operated every derivative, and that for nearly 20 years. They know a thing or two about operating the aircraft.
Hate on EK all you want, just don't start inventing fairy tales.