SIA Aircraft Change

[Michenny]

Could you please tell me why you think SIA has swapped an A380 to a 777 for SQ 26 Singapore to New York via FRA. Its been a A380 for Yrs.

 

[I love to travel]

Could you please tell me why you think SIA has swapped an A380 to a 777 for SQ 26 Singapore to New York via FRA. Its been a A380 for Yrs.

More profitability on other routes.

 

[AIRwin]

Redeployed to MEL:

No more SQ Suites to Frankfurt

First World problem - but we were super excited to be coming back from Europe in August next year in a Singapore Suite. Seems the Airbus is being replaced by the 777-300ER on this route. I wouldn't have forked out for Advantage fares for the regular first class offering, but guess we are stuck...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[PineappleSkip]

Could you please tell me why you think SIA has swapped an A380 to a 777 for SQ 26 Singapore to New York via FRA. Its been a A380 for Yrs.

The one time I caught it, in the middle of Covid, it was a 777.

 

[dajop]

The SIN-FRA sector probably needs the capacity, in fact they've introduced a third service (on A350) three times a week from the end of June IIRC. However, it was always relatively easy to get saver awards in J, Y+ and especially Y between JFK and FRA, suggesting the traffic was nowhere near as busy as some other parts of the network. Furthermore, before covid they served New York with 2 daily services (SIN-EWR and SIN-FRA-JFK), but during covid they launched SIN-JFK which was retained when they resumed SIN-EWR. So now they have 3 daily services, and I am sure the non-stop to JFK has reduced some of the demand for the one-stop service.

 

[AIRwin]

The SIN-FRA sector probably needs the capacity, in fact they've introduced a third service (on A350) three times a week from the end of June IIRC.

I haven't heard until now - new flights SQ329/330 departing around 2-3 hours after SQ25/26