Originally Posted by
Sam Bee
Garuda confirmed that initially they will stop in SIN in both directions in another tweet. Was trying to think what other XXX-SIN flights they operate - they stopped UPG. Would love to see them use SIN as a hub (and seems sensible) but can't imagine SQ would necessarily be happy to continue codesharing on SIN-DPS/LOP/CGK routes etc with the added LHR-SIN competition.
Still, it's Garuda, so nothing is really confirmed until the planes actually take off from LHR is it?
Interesting, here they are still promoting the fact that it will be the only non-stop from the UK to Indonesia, but as you say being GA it will be lucky of the captain knows by the time the first flight departs from LHR!
Years ago they did use SIN as a hub, the 747 operated AMS-SIN-CGK but you could connect in SIN with the 330 to/from DPS. At the time they had a good selection of onward connections to Australia and NZ, and you could still do airside international transfers at DPS (I believe that is not the case any more) so coming from Europe it gave the option of a stopover in SIN one way and DPS the other.