Discover the All New Business Class Airbus A340-500
Jan 21, 2009, 3:36 pm
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The cancellations have started. I was scheduled for EWR-SIN on Feb 25th and they have canceled both the flight on Feb 24th and Feb 25th that week. My choices are to push back day, which I don't think that I can actually do, or do JFK-Frankfurt-SIN. Anyone done this? How good/bad is it?
Jan 21, 2009, 5:20 pm
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The cancellations have started. I was scheduled for EWR-SIN on Feb 25th and they have canceled both the flight on Feb 24th and Feb 25th that week. My choices are to push back day, which I don't think that I can actually do, or do JFK-Frankfurt-SIN. Anyone done this? How good/bad is it?
Jan 21, 2009, 7:33 pm
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Perhaps the switch to all J was a way to capture high yield, but also another way to shed weight so they could try for some premium cargo business? Considering how weight is it a premium on these routes, dumping excess seats and customers seems like an easy way to open up space below - perhaps that space never ended up being utilized by paying shippers.
Jan 21, 2009, 9:11 pm
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Jan 24, 2009, 2:38 am
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Lots of changes in SQ lately, especially with the 200+ decrease in flight frequencies.. This might be a very good time for SQ to actually get rid of the old 772 (and 773?)
Jan 24, 2009, 3:15 am
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The first of the 772s will start leaving this year. The 773s (With the exception of 1) will be around for much longer (3-4 years) with the upcoming refit of the interiors - F (Same as 77W), J (Same as 333), Y (Same as 388/77W/333).
Jan 26, 2009, 12:27 pm
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Jan 26, 2009, 12:35 pm
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I think it was overall performance and not just the routes SQ uses them for.
AC sold their 345s and replaced them with 77Ls
TG tried to sell them.
The A345 was meant for the longest routes ,Im not sure how it would do on shorter routes in high density configs , like intra Asia or something like that .
AC sold their 345s and replaced them with 77Ls
TG tried to sell them.
The A345 was meant for the longest routes ,Im not sure how it would do on shorter routes in high density configs , like intra Asia or something like that .
Jan 26, 2009, 12:38 pm
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I think it was overall performance and not just the routes SQ uses them for.
AC sold their 345s and replaced them with 77Ls
TG tried to sell them.
The A345 was meant for the longest routes ,Im not sure how it would do on shorter routes in high density configs , like intra Asia or something like that .
AC sold their 345s and replaced them with 77Ls
TG tried to sell them.
The A345 was meant for the longest routes ,Im not sure how it would do on shorter routes in high density configs , like intra Asia or something like that .
Jan 26, 2009, 12:57 pm
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It would also not be able to make SIN-EWR .
the A346 has a range of roughly 7,500 NM compared to the A345's roughly 8600 NM