SQ and LHR Passenger Cap
Jul 15, 22, 4:08 am
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SQ and LHR Passenger Cap
It appears SQ is adhering to the HAL directive. LHR-SIN Economy fares have been zeroed out until Sept 12. F and J also zeroed out until mid-August when some availability appears.
Jul 15, 22, 7:56 am
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I think that this is far more likely to be that they are fully booked rather than adhering to any Heathrow plan. Can you really see a large airline such as Singapore cancelling flights from Heathrow on such a large scale? I think the most logical explanation is that maintenance is scheduled to their website, so this is probably the most likely cause of availability not showing.
Last edited by dave31; Jul 15, 22 at 8:02 am
Jul 15, 22, 8:09 am
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Originally Posted by dave31
I think that this is far more likely to be that they are fully booked rather than adhering to any Heathrow plan. Can you really see a large airline such as Singapore cancelling flights from Heathrow on such a large scale? I think the most logical explanation is that maintenance is scheduled to their website, so this is probably the most likely cause of availability not showing.
Edit: just googled, and this article confirms the same.
Last edited by bpk6h; Jul 15, 22 at 8:14 am
Jul 15, 22, 2:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Singapore_Air
UK - what a shambles.
Jul 16, 22, 1:12 am
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EK agreed to cap sales now...so, SQ isn't alone.
https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/pre...1/News-1/14065
https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/pre...1/News-1/14065
Jul 16, 22, 1:30 am
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Originally Posted by Buster CT1K
I could never imagine something like this happening at Changi.
How quick people forget.
Jul 16, 22, 2:12 pm
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Originally Posted by davidj1
You are taking the piss right? Obviously you weren't around during 2020 and 2021 when the garmen took changi to it's knees with its passenger restrictions.
How quick people forget.
How quick people forget.
Jul 16, 22, 2:49 pm
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Do you know what are you comparing? LHR is back to pre Covid which they are not able to handle due to staff shortage. Changi's passenger number is far from pre Covid. If today SIN was back to pre Covid, SIN would not possible to handle.
Originally Posted by Buster CT1K
I refer to LHR's sudden cuts with barely any notice causing airlines to cancel reservations, arising not from government mandates for public health but from the sheer inability to plan and cope with increases in travel demand. I don't think that is what happened at SIN.
Jul 16, 22, 5:29 pm
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Originally Posted by jjjohn
Do you know what are you comparing? LHR is back to pre Covid which they are not able to handle due to staff shortage. Changi's passenger number is far from pre Covid. If today SIN was back to pre Covid, SIN would not possible to handle.
Agree that SIN is somewhat spared the current carnage of LHR because its accelerated rate of passenger growth is not as aggressive as Europe.
Jul 16, 22, 5:32 pm
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Originally Posted by bpk6h
EK agreed to cap sales now...so, SQ isn't alone.
https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/pre...1/News-1/14065
https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/pre...1/News-1/14065
Jul 17, 22, 2:40 am
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LHR also is recurring thousands of staff as well, with the same story as everywhere many existing staff are not returning. Need time to train new staff and new staff are not familiar witt all the process, that will create long queue, delay baggage handling, slow security screening...
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport also cancelled a lot of flights due to the same reason.
On my way to London, the check-in staff (Business Class) in SIN was so unfamiliar with immigration regulation and process about baggage check through and issuing connecting boarding pass..., she needed to ask her colleague almost every single step. Normally a straight forward check in took over 10 minutes. This was how the queue building up.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport also cancelled a lot of flights due to the same reason.
On my way to London, the check-in staff (Business Class) in SIN was so unfamiliar with immigration regulation and process about baggage check through and issuing connecting boarding pass..., she needed to ask her colleague almost every single step. Normally a straight forward check in took over 10 minutes. This was how the queue building up.
Originally Posted by carrotjuice
SIN also had retrenched / furloughed airport support staff during COVID... they too are ramping up their hiring aggressively by the sheer volume of advertisements that are placed locally. But, in speaking to some staff at various lounges, apparently about 40% of old staff at the airport didn't return after they found other (better?) jobs elsewhere. So with new hiring come learning curve challenges.
Agree that SIN is somewhat spared the current carnage of LHR because its accelerated rate of passenger growth is not as aggressive as Europe.
Agree that SIN is somewhat spared the current carnage of LHR because its accelerated rate of passenger growth is not as aggressive as Europe.
Jul 17, 22, 6:27 pm
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Originally Posted by davidj1
How quick people forget.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sing...micron-2395081
