Originally Posted by
spk307
Do you have trouble getting out of the past? We are talking about current trends, not the trends of last 20 years.
Emirates is cutting flights. Qatar is removing amenities and trimming their lounges. Hub and spoke model was the king for last 20 years, but growth is bare minimum now.
If you need help to identify current trends, look at the new flight routes being proposed; look at the airplane models that get massive orders!
Its either short haul single aisle or ultra long range.
No, strangely enough I live in the present. I just don't see how going direct non-stop to more destinations with new fuel efficient hardware will be enough help SQ. Their market for origin-destination passengers whom they can offer non-stops to is pretty limited after all. They could launch ultra long haul non-stops to New York, San Francisco, LA, Chicago with premium services - but would they fill their aircraft?
Qingdao non-stop to SFO is not a good comparison - it has Shandung province to feed it and that's 90m people. Singapore has the state of Johor in Malaysia...
And as soon as you feed Jakarta and KL into the mix, why would passengers there not connect via (say) HK with CX instead of through Singapore?