American Airlines' Seattle To Bangalore Flight Delayed Indefinitely

JFK-DOH is more about VFR & World Cup. SEA-BLR is all about corporate travel. Leisure demand is relatively stable and foreseeable for next summer while long haul business travel still remains uncertain.

When you first announced this route on the blog I said there was no chance it would ever launch and I was right.

"Ever" has not happened yet 😉

Would JFK to Bangalore be a reasonable range for their aircraft? Perhaps they may do that instead. Their fleet simplification to 777/787 only makes sense for maintenance but they'll either need a bunch more 777s or be very slow on new routes.

Perhaps they can pick up some used A380s while they're low on capacity with their own jets?

Disappointed that it is delayed again.
Seattle needs a non stop flight to South India especially Bangalore or Hyderbad or Chennai

So.. United, American or Air- India … aah no thanks

Does UA’s SFO-BLR flight have a firm start date?

I’ll go through Doha or Dubai.

I think AA should build on the Seattle hub idea by launching a Seattle to Delhi route first. Delhi is a shorter trip; while Bengaluru is the tech city, techies don't travel up front. There is a huge deal of government and business links between Seattle and Delhi - including the Prime suspects, Microsoft and Boeing amongst others. Good amount of VFR and tourist traffic as well, including well-heeled VFRs who will pay for Premium Econ or Biz.
Delhi is also a better place to connect with much less backtracking needed from other cities in India. Many India business trips involve multiple destinations, not just BLR.
Besides AA can amortize its staff costs with its JFK flight.
Keep in mind that we already have 10 flights a week YVR-DEL, which has big VFR load but negligible business class market.
I'm surprised Delta didn't already jump into SEA-DEL.

Prediction. AA ditches Seattle hub idea. Delta strengthens its position in Seattle weakening AS. Jet Blue takes over AS.

Before that, Seattle needs a nonstop flight to Delhi. Today all but 1.5 of the 10 daily flights from US to India, and all the 4 daily flights from Canada to India are to Delhi.

I think this comment is key. JFK-DOH has tons of connections to VFR routes that AA can't (reasonably) serve on it's own metal. Places like DAC, LHR, KHI, HYD, KTM, etc. SEA-BLR needs corporate travel to work. The corporates aren't traveling and, I would hazard a guess based on this new update, don't have plans to start. I'm sure AA worked out corporate contracts with the big Seattle-based tech firms and if they're telling AA that they don't have a plan to start flying again then why would AA move forward with this route? It may very well be a "made sense at the time" type route. The question is when, if ever, it will make sense in the future.

The route was developed and predicated on robust corporate demand from essentially two companies. The game has changed. Corporate travel is not rebounding sufficiently to warrant this route, even with the presence of a hub partner. I don't see AA ditching its SEA gateway plans but adjusting it. It is running into similar issues that DL has faced with long haul but likely has lower costs. I still see DL at a disadvantage here as it has had to invest in physical space and operations where AA does not and will not.

No idea about Bangalore.

But I don't think AA will abandon SEA as a Pacific hub in the long-term. They already reduced LAX trans-Pac due to extensive competition, whereas SEA has fewer competitors overall, aside from the obvious DL, and the AS network feed is equally obvious substantial.

AA can't compete without a legit West Coast trans-Pac hub. They will work with AS as they are with B6 at JFK.

I have this flight booked confirmed by AA ticket for May 28th 2022 , will AA give me alternative route if this doesn't start till then?

put a direct flight to sri lanka. it will also serve south india and maldives

I'm impressed by your details and spot on comments. AA just announced this route will be cancelled.