Omaja -- I call your attention to my post under
my reply included this tidbit from the FY20111 CAFR
From the FY 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR):
http://www.massport.com/massport/Doc...Y2011_CAFR.pdf
400,000/365 =about 2.5 747's per day if my head math is still any good
The 400K figure is all of Asia, not BOS-NRT; not to mention you won't see anywhere near 100% of any market take the non-stop. To put that into perspective, Boston-Paris saw almost as many passengers in 2010 as all of BOS-Asia (392K) and it only sees one daily nonstop (two in the summer) on A340/747/777 equipment.
As I said earlier, Boston's biggest issue with service to Asia is the myriad of efficient connecting opportunities offered via DTW/EWR/IAD/JFK/ORD/YYZ and, to a much lesser extent, inefficient routings via ATL/LAX/SFO/LHR/CDG/AMS/FRA/etc. Why is that so difficult to believe?