Originally Posted by
TerryK
SQ has been flying SIN-NRT-LAX for decades. SIN-TPE-LAX was a separate route which SQ suspended. For a period of time, SQ had three daily SIN-LAX flights, one via NRT, one via TPE and one nonstop.
SQ did 1x daily via NRT and 1x daily via TPE for years. When they terminated TPE, they did 1x 77W and 1x77E via NRT... so they did "switch", but just for a brief time. The 2x daily was replaced with a single A380 later.