Originally Posted by
oldchinahand
SQ had little choice but to referb their A380s as they had little or no market value and the airline like many needed aircraft.
Cathays has had a tender out for 35+ midsize widebodies to replace the older of the A330s with the CEO on record as saying that a decision will be made by mid year.
The order will almost certainly go to Airbus for new A330 variants as Airbus are able to deliver these starting early 2026 - they are looking for business for the A330.
As far as the B777-9 delivery goes only last week Boeing reconfirmed delivery of two aircraft to Cathay in 3rd quarter 2025 -time will of course tell.
It seems that SIA and Scoot are cancelling many flights (over 70 in the past week alone) -due to 'operational reasons' which according to the Straits Times is due to lack of cabin crew. Apparently many have left in the past weeks to 'join other airlines' citing poor working conditions and management style.
not sure what you meant that Sq had little choice as they had no market value. The older A380s were always going to be refurbished even before COVID struck to keep up to date with the newly delivered a380s in 2017 and to streamline number of cabin configs. If I’m not mistaken they were only forced to retire the older a380s due to COVID, which I think they might be regretting now seeing they’re now playing musical chairs with the remaining aircraft and swapping destinations constantly.
I would like to see your source that Boeing had confirmed delivery of the 777-9s to Cathay in 2025. Multiple airlines like Lufthansa and emirates are already forecasting deliveries to only commence in 2026 and they are airlines with airframes already built. Not sure if Boeing or Cathay are being delusional in this regard.
I would also like to see your source on SIA and scoot cancellations. 33 flights over the span of one week have been cancelled by scoot due to lack of spare parts, or so they claim. I wouldn’t put it past them that working conditions are bad and it’s an industry wide issue with manpower shortage, but this does not seem to be the problem for flight cancellations this time round, or so they claim. Singapore Airlines is not affected.