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Originally Posted by hipster duck
Does anyone know why the major flag carriers of the big Southeast Asian countries (other than Singapore and Philippine Airlines) have almost no presence in North America?
Like there are no flights for Thai Airways International, Malaysia Airlines and Garuda International, and Vietnam Airlines only flies to SFO.
JFK may be too far (although SQ and PR both fly there), but LAX is within easy range.
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Thai Airways International used to fly to JFK and LAX, that service ended years ago, they had floated the idea of BKK-SFO or BKK-SEA but that hasnt materialized, I was certain that United begin a BKK-SFO route but instead they recently began a LAX-HKG-BKK route.
As far as Malaysia, AsiaAirX used to have A380 flights from Kuala Lumpur to Honolulu.
Vietnam Airlines to SFO is an oddity considering how many more Vietnamese live in the LA Metro Area, but this SFO-SGN flights are highly business passenger oriented because the airline keeps about 100 seats empty on each flight so the fuel can make it all the way from one airport to the next without having to refuel. Maybe the tech passengers are making it financially worth it?
And Garuda Indonesia used to fly to HNL and LAX but that's been long cancelled, but I digress.
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