Originally Posted by
ek&sq
Does IT even make money on this route? It seems to be very over saturated with IT, 9W, AI, SQ & QF competing...
I recently flew this leg and the IT flight was packed in all classes; I think they have an advantage vis-a-vis carriers such as QF & SF since a lot of their traffic originates in other stations (e.g. I originated in AMD that evening). Keeping the plane idle in SIN for so long is silly IMO .. they could easily extend the flight to DPS (or even JKT), where they would make a killing even without fifth freedom rights.
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