Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer - SQ add 4th flight to Heathrow

Erm, wow. Didn't expect this, especially after upgaging SQ 308/319 to a A380.

But, great big happy smilies from me. Wonder if they are using South African Airlines vacant Cape Town slots - very similar timings.

Flights are loaded as 77W. 4 times weekly from Sep 9th, then daily from Oct 21.

LHR SIN 2000#1550 SQ 305
SIN LHR 2345#0620 SQ 306

Source: http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/sia-to-add-fourth-daily-london-singapore-flight

Erm, wow. Didn't expect this, especially after upgaging SQ 308/319 to a A380.

But, great big happy smilies from me. Wonder if they are using South African Airlines vacant Cape Town slots - very similar timings.

Flights are loaded as 77W. 4 times weekly from Sep 9th, then daily from Oct 21.

LHR SIN 2000#1550 SQ 305
SIN LHR 2345#0620 SQ 306

Source: http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/sia-to-add-fourth-daily-london-singapore-flight

Flights are indeed loaded, but SQ306/305 will operates daily from 09SEP12 to 27OCT12 with 3 weekly A380 and 4 weekly 777-300ER.

From 28OCT12, SQ306/305 operates with 77W on daily basis, although schedule will be:
SQ306 SIN0045 - 0655LHR 77W D
SQ305 LHR1515 - 1155+1SIN 77W D

Good news that F Saver Class redemptions are back on this route.

Good news that F Saver Class redemptions are back on this route.

I'd fly to AMS/FRA/MUC and save the £184 APD for saver F/C redemptions ;)

Further update on Friday 08JUN12. SQ's initial update apparently went wrong so they revised to the following (note the service increase is to start from 13SEP12, instead of 09SEP12):

SQ308 SIN0905 – 1530LHR 388 x234
SQ308 SIN0905 – 1530LHR 77W 234
SQ318 SIN1245 – 1910LHR 388 D
SQ322 SIN2330 – 0555+1LHR 388 x123
SQ306 SIN2345 – 0620+1LHR 77W x123
SQ306 SIN2345 – 0620+1LHR 388 123

SQ317 LHR1130 – 0720+1SIN 388 D
SQ319 LHR1830 – 1420+1SIN 388 x234
SQ305 LHR2000 – 1550+1SIN 77W x234
SQ305 LHR2000 – 1550+1SIN 388 234
SQ321 LHR2205 – 1755+1SIN 388 D

SQ306 on 13SEP12 operates as SQ316
SQ308 operates with A380 on daily basis until 18SEP12
SQ322/319 operates as Daily flight from 21OCT12

http://airlineroute.net/2012/06/07/sq-lhr-sep12update2/

Wonder if they are using South African Airlines vacant Cape Town slots - very similar timings.


Seems to be, yes.

SAA’s exit from Cape Town-London Heathrow has made available a very valuable Heathrow slot, with an arrival in the prized morning period of 6:20 and a departure at 21:00. Coincidentally, following SAA’s route cancellation Singapore Airlines, having remarked a few week prior it had no additional slots at Heathrow, announced a fourth daily Heathrow service arriving at 6:20.

Seems to be, yes.

But where did SQ get the mid-afternoon slot then?

But where did SQ get the mid-afternoon slot then?

What mid-afternoon slot?

SQ's departures from LHR currently are:

SQ317 1130
SQ319 1830
SQ321 2205

The new flight from September onwards will be:
SQ305 2000

None of the existing flights is a mid-afternoon flight, and neither is the new flight.

I think you will find that the new SQ 305 is scheduled to leave LHR at 15.15, it arrives in SIN at 11.55 the next day.

I will find the timing convenient.

EDIT: Until the winter timetable, the new flight leaves LHR at 2000, and arrives in SIN at 1550. Thereafter, it does indeed leave at 1515

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