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May 5, 2020, 11:08 pm

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Originally Posted by EWR764

United is seeking to relaunch HKG-SIN, first as an all-cargo service with 77W effective May 10, and, if demand permits, eventually to add passenger service. https://www.regulations.gov/document...2020-0047-0001

I suspect we will shortly see the SFO-SIN flight deferred to an October 2020 relaunch, and any passenger UA service to Singapore (most optimistically, July 6) would be a fifth-freedom route via HKG for at least this summer.

UA seeks fifth freedom authority to carry local cargo (and eventually passenger) traffic. Back to the future...

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Originally Posted by artvandalay

OT, but since inception, UA's service to both HKG and SIN has been anything but stable. This is yet another deja-vu chapter.

I'm confused, but since when did UA did a fifth freedom flight from HKG-SIN?

Did UA even planned to fly SFO-HKG this summer or that was suspended indefinitely?

SFO-HKG-SIN doesn't seem like a bad idea if the economics work and travel restrictions are lifted, bit it's hard to see light at the end of the tunnel when COVID-19 continues to get worse in the US.

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