SQ was unhappy with the performance of the A340-300 (slow, didn't meet range promises, etc) and so they cancelled an order/options they had for more of them, and have been trying to get rid of the 10 that they have (note these fly in a 2.5 class arrangement with old F seats that C class pax can get as a surcharge, but not a full F bed product). SQ wanted to operate them on long haul, thin routes, but even so they have been unhappy with the performance, and the 777's beat them.
Alas it seems the AN International rumour may be premature, or perhaps something totally seperate to this cargo venture thingy.
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