by esm » Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:59 pm
There is a huge difference between flying in Asia and flying in the U.S., from my experience. In (or from) Asia, you're always served food, like proper meals, and there's also snacks in between, plus they'd walk around and ask if you want tea or something to drink. I think I got 3 or 4 meals once from Thailand to Japan, and then from Japan to Hawaii. Then from Hawaii to Minnesota I had to pay for it if I wanted a sandwich. In the U.S. the flight attendants are more like security guards, and flying doesn't feel as much like a luxury as it is in Asia. In Asia, a flight attendant is actually something some girls dream of becoming.
With H!P not coming here, it might have to do with how Europe is already romanticized in Japan anyway so it seems more glamorous to go to, and other parts of Asia are cheaper to get to. I don't know if any area in the U.S. has a larger concentration of fans than other places they go to, since it's such a huge country and it's not easy for the rest of the country to just fly to, say, LA.
