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Originally posted by Metropolitan Airlines View PostHonestly speaking, I think SQ in the long term should ditch USA via Japan and Korea and let other Star partners to do their job. Competing with another Star carriers make no help for Singapore Airlines to boast loading and yield.
Furthermore, the passengers SQ does not fly with its own metal will not necessarily take an SQ-coded NH/OZ flight. Corporate clients may switch to another alliance completely, such as CX with its expanding US footprint and multiple daily frequencies to LAX, SFO, JFK etc.Last edited by Jumbojet Lover; 30 October 2015, 12:16 PM.
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Originally posted by Metropolitan Airlines View PostHonestly speaking, I think SQ in the long term should ditch USA via Japan and Korea and let other Star partners to do their job. Competing with another Star carriers make no help for Singapore Airlines to boast loading and yield.
As well as operating SQ26, SQ codeshares LH779 as SQ2008. Both flights leave SIN at 23:55 bound for FRA. SQ26 fills faster as it continues through to JFK, has less Y capacity and also SQ is more popular, especially with Germans.
I will happily step on board SQ26 any day. I will not travel on SQ2008.
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I would say service perception. SQ is regarded quite well in Germany as a "premium" option for travel to SE Asia (or on to OZ/NZ). LH is well LH . You start your Asian vacation off the right way when using a good Asian carrier (get's you into the mood - haha). People's perception of LH is usually - good pilots, good planes (in the sense of safe, well maintained) paired with standardized (cookie-cutter) service. Not great, not really bad.
I'm flying my mom over from Germany to SIN soon and when I booked her (award) ticket a few months ago her (and my) preference was - SQ, LX then LH. We ended up with LH for the long-hauls as that was what I could get Biz award space for, but not by choice.
Now, she will surely not suffer in LH C and apparently of late they are even trying a more SQ style meal service in Biz serving main courses individually and not from a trolley / cart, but in the end it is still LH. YMMV
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Originally posted by leops1984 View PostThat's a bit of a surprise... one would imagine LH doing well with Germans. Bad image due to their labor problems?
While I wasn't impressed with the LH A380, it didn't really offend me- it was satisfactory. It was their decrepit, malfunctioning A340-300 on the way back that made me vow never again for long-haul. After several atrocious short-haul experiences since, I see them as nothing more than an expensive LCC. They are miles away from SQ in every respect in my opinion and more than once as a KFEG I've been treated almost like a criminal when accessing their lounges, even with an SQ boarding pass that says I'm invited to the Senator Lounge.
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Originally posted by Metropolitan Airlines View PostI wonder why they don't fit the cabin in Singapore like 9V-SNB does?
The only other time I've heard it happen was when there was a change of seat configuration by the airline relatively close to delivery time. Some of the later LH 747-8s were delivered with only some of their cabins fitted - while First and Business were in place, Premium Economy and Premium Economy were done by Lufthansa Technik after delivery. (One reason was that apparently Lufthansa had a surplus of Y seats for the 747-8 after the addition of PEY. which they put in the later planes.)
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Originally posted by Metropolitan Airlines View PostMy speculation is that except LHR, FRA, CDG and ZRH, all B777-200ER and B777-300ERs to Europe will be replaced by A350-900 aircraft.
We should also see increase in CPH to daily with more A350-900 arrives and hopefully we will see some Limited Stops routes (such as MXP-BCN, MAN-MUC) will be split to Express routes (non-stop).
SQ has also indicated that they are interested to use A350 to open up some new routes. It might be a little early, but anyone have any idea of what they will launch?
My guess is:
Boston (via Europe) - Boston is an emerging destination with more and more European carriers (such as DY) going there, but has not been served by a lot of FSC yet. I suppose SQ can try doing AMS - BOS or CPH - BOS to beat DY and use the alliance with SK to feed European customers.
Boston is also the focus city of JetBlue, SQ's partner. As we know SQ dislikes UA, launching BOS will allow SQ to expand its partnership with B6 in the East Coast.
Vienna - Being in the Centre of Europe, and from the recent refugee crisis we can see Vienna is being the gateway between East and West Europe. SQ's partner OS has an extensive network from Vienna to Eastern Europe, Poland, Czech and the South Eastern Europe.
Vienna also has a very extensive rail network to neighbouring countries, especially to its north and east and south east. Railjet will soon establish a new station at Vienna Airport, this will help SQ to capture more O&D customers from rail to Singapore and through Singapore to Phuket, Bali, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Australia.
Seattle (via Hong Kong) - Seattle has a high Chinese customer base which will help traffic between HKG and SEA provided SQ get into alliance with HX to feed Chinese customers. This can be done by converting existing TZ slot at HKG to be operated by SQ. This will also help to cover the morning service gap between HKG - SIN.
Honolulu (Direct) - With the distance being 6711 miles and long ETOPS feature of A350-900, this might make HNL feasible should SQ gets into alliance with HA. Passengers will get immigration and customs clearance at HNL from a direct flight, then change for a domestic flight to other US destinations.
This can reduce SQ's risk to compete against other North Asian carriers for trans-pacific route.
My suggestions:
A359ULH - besides NYC and LAX, it'd be great to have flights to ORD again. But my head says SIA will likely deploy to SFO and keep the SIN-HKG-SFO routing which seems to be doing pretty well.
What about SIN-ICN-SFO? SIA needs a Canadian presence, and initially I was thinking SIN-ICN-YYZ because currently only Korean Airlines operates on this route. But Air Canada just announced ICN-YYZ so that's unlikely to happen. Other options e. g SEA, ORD would involve competing with Asiana with which SIA codeshares. Interestingly this doesn't include YVR so maybe SIN-ICN-YVR could return?
A359 - yes SIA should decouple MUC and MAN. For MAN, it would be great to continue to ORD or BOS. There's only American flying the former and no competitors for the latter; ORD may have a slightly larger premium market but BOS offers JetBlue connections.
Copenhagen could become daily. Does anyone know if Singapore carriers have fifth freedom rights from Denmark? If so, can extend to Stockholm Arlanda
Scoot - SIA should use Scoot to offer year round services to Athens and revive Cairo .
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Originally posted by SQ36 View PostCopenhagen could become daily. Does anyone know if Singapore carriers have fifth freedom rights from Denmark? If so, can extend to Stockholm Arlanda
https://web.archive.org/web/20120701...129-47156.html
Scoot - SIA should use Scoot to offer year round services to Athens and revive Cairo .
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Originally posted by SQ36 View PostCopenhagen could become daily. Does anyone know if Singapore carriers have fifth freedom rights from Denmark? If so, can extend to Stockholm Arlanda
(https://beta.singaporeair.com/jsp/cm...s/ne120112.jsp)
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Originally posted by ek&sq View PostI suspect we will see ARN once CPH can sustain a daily service and SQ has received enough A350's for network growth.
OTOH, SIA could maintain CPH at the current frequency and operate to ARN on the other days of the week to offer at least a daily connection from either CPH or ARN.
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