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Originally posted by flyguy View Postwonder why this is so as the only reasonable seems to be some technical issue? as to have it not flown for a month after delivery is unlike SIA and it costs alot to leave it on the ground.
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Originally posted by flyguy View Postwonder why this is so as the only reasonable seems to be some technical issue? as to have it not flown for a month after delivery is unlike SIA and it costs alot to leave it on the ground.
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Originally posted by sbs2716g View PostThey actually need only 6 ULR to run the current schedule to LAX SFO n NEW. So no matter what, there will alway be one plane on the ground idling.
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Originally posted by SQfanatic View PostYou have a point but I asked this question before and they are just keeping it as a spare in case any of the ULR needs to go for maintenance.
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Originally posted by flyguy View PostWow thats a very very expensive way to keep just one plane for "spare", as even for the other aircrafts like the 77W, A350s, and 787s, SIA do not even keep one spare for each type although they can make use of the others but likely result in some delays and inconveniences for passengers, and the remaining aircrafts have to log in more flying hours to cover for the AOG planes. Perhaps SIA can make use of the aspare A350ULR for a high yield destination like Jakarta - which it did fly the previous A345 to.
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Originally posted by SQ217 View PostDidn't they have only 5 of the A345 and also had 2 nonstop destinations?
They were able to be one A345 down but still cover daily EWR and LAX non-stops as well as the CGK flight if necessary.
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