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Jun 18, 2015 | 8:08 pm

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lokijuh

Join Date: May 2003

Location: Singapore

Programs: QF LTG, SQ EGTP, Bonvoy LTG

Posts: 4,964

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indelaware

YVR is out of the way. If they can garner enough pax for SIN-EWR, it makes much more sense to have a refueling stop in Russia, Iceland, or Eastern Canada.

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sin-ewr...,NER,PWE&DU=nm

Actually, based on my experience flying SIN-EWR on SQ22 (admittedly only three times) , the routing crossed into North America somewhere around ANC. So YVR is not that far out of the way travelling in that direction (and indeed when I looked at flightaware IIRC this was the most common routing for 22).

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SIN-ANC-EWR,SIN-YVR-EWR

However, in the other direction it is a problem, typically SQ21 traversed either the polar route or Europe (a path of EWR-ARN-SIN).

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcahkg

SQ's competitive advantage with US flights is probably going to be premium SIN-USA flows, and ASEAN-USA where existing competitors can't do as well a job. (Indonesia, maybe?

PER

SQ was one of the best ways to get from PER-New York. Granted that the market size is somewhat limited.

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