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Given the number of rumoured A350 services to Europe, and the SFO service, I'd be surprised if a batch of regional A350s came now (but then again I don't run an airline!!)
Perhaps a redeployment of B77Ws and reduction of routes like GRU and the few new A380s will permit the desired expansion?
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Originally posted by Dobbo View PostGiven the number of rumoured A350 services to Europe, and the SFO service, I'd be surprised if a batch of regional A350s came now (but then again I don't run an airline!!)
Perhaps a redeployment of B77Ws and reduction of routes like GRU and the few new A380s will permit the desired expansion?
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Originally posted by FN-GM View PostJust wonder what your source is please?
1st source from Australian Business Traveller, which quotes a SQ regional VP.
http://www.ausbt.com.au/singapore-ai...m-range-config
2nd source is from the usual A350 XWB Production site.
https://sites.google.com/site/a350xw...tion/xtra-info
From both sources, there is a strong indication that this will start with the 2017 deliveries.
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Originally posted by inkoherent View PostAre they not using a different registration series for the regionally-configured subfleet?
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Originally posted by SQKevin View PostThere are at least 2 sources indicating this, although the first source indicates it will be from the 11th A350 (9V-SMK) to be delivered.
1st source from Australian Business Traveller, which quotes a SQ regional VP.
http://www.ausbt.com.au/singapore-ai...m-range-config
2nd source is from the usual A350 XWB Production site.
https://sites.google.com/site/a350xw...tion/xtra-info
From both sources, there is a strong indication that this will start with the 2017 deliveries.
The first one say they will come in 2017 from the 11th AC. However I thought that the plan was to deliver upto 14 in 2016? So those figures don't match up.
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A350 production ramp-up has not gone particularly smoothly. It's not even the planes themselves - it's the interiors that are the source of delays. I can believe the plan may have been up to 14 in 2016 at the start of the year. But unless the suppliers dig themselves out of a deep hole, that's probably not happening anymore.
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Originally posted by leops1984 View PostA350 production ramp-up has not gone particularly smoothly. It's not even the planes themselves - it's the interiors that are the source of delays. I can believe the plan may have been up to 14 in 2016 at the start of the year. But unless the suppliers dig themselves out of a deep hole, that's probably not happening anymore.
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Originally posted by leops1984 View PostAll reports indicate that the new A380s will be used to replace the first five A380s on a 1-to-1 basis, not expansion.
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Originally posted by Dobbo View PostFair point - makes the rumoured introduction of regional A350s more confusing. I thought the B787 was due to replace the A330s?
The good news is, that it will have likely have he same J-seats as the A350 in longhaul configuration.
And, with the rumor that SQ plans to start LCC-Flights into Europe with its subsidiary Scoot, we cant be sure that the 787-10 are really added into SQs fleet in the end.
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