What will happen with SIN-LAX flights when A350 ULR flights start?
Apr 20, 2018, 9:45 am
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What will happen with SIN-LAX flights when A350 ULR flights start?
Once LAX/SIN goes nonstop on the ULR A350, what do you think happens with the existing (SQ 7/8 thru ICN & SQ 11/12 thru NRT) frequencies?
Back when SQ 37/38 operated on the A345, SQ11/12 was on an A380, will that come back (coupled with cancelling SQ 7/8)? On the other hand, could see SQ axing SQ11/12 because so much traffic has shifted to HND.
Cant see 3 flights LAX/SIN under any circumstances unless SQ trying to drive down fares to push UA out.
Back when SQ 37/38 operated on the A345, SQ11/12 was on an A380, will that come back (coupled with cancelling SQ 7/8)? On the other hand, could see SQ axing SQ11/12 because so much traffic has shifted to HND.
Cant see 3 flights LAX/SIN under any circumstances unless SQ trying to drive down fares to push UA out.
Apr 21, 2018, 5:19 pm
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Once LAX/SIN goes nonstop on the ULR A350, what do you think happens with the existing (SQ 7/8 thru ICN & SQ 11/12 thru NRT) frequencies?
Back when SQ 37/38 operated on the A345, SQ11/12 was on an A380, will that come back (coupled with cancelling SQ 7/8)? On the other hand, could see SQ axing SQ11/12 because so much traffic has shifted to HND.
Cant see 3 flights LAX/SIN under any circumstances unless SQ trying to drive down fares to push UA out.
Back when SQ 37/38 operated on the A345, SQ11/12 was on an A380, will that come back (coupled with cancelling SQ 7/8)? On the other hand, could see SQ axing SQ11/12 because so much traffic has shifted to HND.
Cant see 3 flights LAX/SIN under any circumstances unless SQ trying to drive down fares to push UA out.
Apr 23, 2018, 2:32 pm
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My guess is that SQ11 switches back to A380 in order to maintain economy capacity with the direct flight being J/PE only
Apr 23, 2018, 3:06 pm
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There's been something funny going on with SQ 7/8, in that when I had a booking for OCT (which I ended up switching to SQ25), BTC was not available for that flight, but was available for SQ11 and SQ25 on the same dates
My guess is that SQ11 switches back to A380 in order to maintain economy capacity with the direct flight being J/PE only
My guess is that SQ11 switches back to A380 in order to maintain economy capacity with the direct flight being J/PE only
Anyhow, I’m really interested to find out more on this as the non-stop to LA will definitely affect me one way or the other as I do SQ12 or SQ8 at least 3x a year.
Apr 23, 2018, 5:18 pm
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I suspect that SQ 7/8 is more likely to be cut if anything needs to be cut given that SIN-NRT is only served by 2 flights a day vs. 4 flights a day for SIN-ICN. Unless SQ will end up wanting to centralize their operations in HND and cutting both frequencies to NRT and adding the other one to HND which I don't see as likely to happen.
Apr 26, 2018, 12:25 am
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I suspect that SQ 7/8 is more likely to be cut if anything needs to be cut given that SIN-NRT is only served by 2 flights a day vs. 4 flights a day for SIN-ICN. Unless SQ will end up wanting to centralize their operations in HND and cutting both frequencies to NRT and adding the other one to HND which I don't see as likely to happen.
Apr 26, 2018, 1:14 am
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Might be either A) IT issue or B) an equipment swap for SQ 637 from 77W to either an A350 or the 787. Looking at a random date in September makes B the likely suspect since SQ 637 is operated by the 787 (at least on September 6).
Apr 26, 2018, 4:23 am
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SQ637 will be operated by a 787-10 from 19 May, which may explain why the website shows no plane description as they don't appear to have updated it with the 787-10 descriptor yet (the other 787-10 flights are the same).
Apr 26, 2018, 9:24 am
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I am flying SQ12 on an award booking around the holidays later this year and I haven't been able to find out any information that if they cancel this route, would I just get a refund of miles? I am concerned that by the time I get notice, there might not be any availability as I need to fly home the day before Thanksgiving.