8
Jan
SIA Summer 2009 Operation Preview
Singapore Airlines on 08JAN09 further updated its 2009 Northern Summer operation. Further changes expected.
Notable changes includes the following:
- Introduction of Airbus A330-300 aircraft on selected routes
- Singapore – Athens 3rd weekly flight begins from 12JUN09, 3 months later than usual
- Singapore – Bangkok 2 of 5 Daily sees aircraft swap from 777-200 to -300 from 01JUN09
- Singapore – Bengaluru Aircraft swap from 777-200 to -300
- Singapore – Cape Town Planned suspension from 01FEB09 to 01OCT09, extended to 25OCT09
- Singapore – Denpasar 4th Daily service extended till 28MAR09, but not operating after 29MAR09
- Singapore – Ho Chi Minh City Back to Triple Daily
- Singapore – Hong Kong Temporarily suspension of 1 of 6* Daily flights (*Incl. SQ002/001)
- Singapore – Jakarta to be operated by all B777-200 fleet only by August 2009
- Singapore – Dubai – Moscow from 01MAY09, it appears a new air route will be flown, leads to reduction of 1hr (average) flying time on Dubai – Moscow sector
- Singapore – Seoul reduction to 7 weekly from 01FEB09 to 02JUN09. Existing Daily SQ602/603 to be operated by 777-200, leaving Seoul once again 777 station
- Singapore – Shanghai 5th Daily seasonal flight returns
- Singapore – Zurich reduced from 14 to 12 weekly from 30MAR09 to 24JUN09
| Route |
Till 28MAR09 | Eff 29MAR09 |
| Singapore – London SQ308/319 SQ318/321 SQ322/317 |
7 388 7 744 7 388 |
7 388 7 744 7 388 |
| Singapore – Manchester | 5 772 (x24) | 5 772 (x13) |
| Singapore – Amsterdam | 7 772 | 7 772 |
| Singapore – Paris CDG SQ332/331 SQ334/333 |
3 77W 7 77W |
3 77W 7 77W |
| Singapore – Zurich SQ346/345 SQ342/341 |
7 77W 7 77W |
7 77W 5 77W (x23) -24JUN 7 77W 25JUN- |
| Singapore – Frankfurt | 7 77W | 7 77W |
| Singapore – Frankfurt – New York JFK | 7 744 | 7 744 |
| Singapore – Copenhagen | 7 772 | 7 772 |
| Singapore – Milan – Barcelona | 7 77W | 7 77W |
| Singapore – Rome | 2 772 (Temp) | 3 772 |
| Singapore – Athens | 2 772 -11JUN | 3 772 12JUN- |
| Singapore – Moscow – Houston | 4 77W | 4 77W |
| Singapore – Dubai – Moscow (Shorter flight time by 1hr from 01MAY09) |
3 773 | 3 773 |
| Singapore – Cairo | 3 772 -11MAR | - |
| Singapore – Dubai | 7 773 | 4 773 |
| Singapore – Dubai – Cairo | - | 4 773 12MAR- |
| Singapore – Dubai – Istanbul | 6 773 | 6 773 |
| Singapore – Dubai – Riyadh | 4 772 | 4 772 |
| Singapore – Abu Dhabi – Jeddah | 3 772 | 3 772 |
| Singapore – Abu Dhabi – Kuwait | - | 4 772 15MAR- |
| Singapore – Johannesburg | 7 772 -31JAN | - |
| Singapore – Cape Town | 3 772 -31JAN | - |
| Singapore – Johannesburg – Cape Town | - | 7 772 01FEB- |
| Singapore – Karachi – Lahore – Singapore | 2 772 | 2 772 |
| Singapore – Delhi SQ406/405 SQ408/407 |
7 772 7 77W |
7 772 7 77W |
| Singapore – Ahmedabad | 2 772 | 2 772 |
| Singapore – Mumbai SQ422/421 SQ424/423 |
7 772
7 77W |
7 772 -31MAY 7 773 01JUN- 7 77W |
| Singapore – Chennai | 7 773 | 7 773 |
| Singapore – Bengaluru (Bangalore) | 7 772 | 7 773 |
| Singapore – Shamshabad/Hyderabad | 4 772 | 4 772 |
| Singapore – Kolkata | 4 772 | 4 772 |
| Singapore – Male | 7 772 | 7 772 |
| Singapore – Colombo | 7 772 | 7 772 |
| Singapore – Dhaka | 7 772 | 7 772 |
| Singapore – Bangkok SQ970/973 SQ972/975 SQ980/981 |
7 773
- 7 772 |
7 772 -31MAY 7 773 01JUN- 7 772 7 772 -31MAY 7 773 01JUN- 7 772 7 772 |
| Singapore – Kuala Lumpur SQ106/107 SQ108/109 SQ116/117 SQ118/119 |
7 772/333 7 772 7 772 7 772/333 |
5 772 7 772 7 772 7 772 |
| Singapore – Jakarta SQ952/953 SQ954/955 SQ956/957 SQ958/959 SQ962/963 |
7 773 -22JUN 7 772 7 773 7 777/333 7 772 |
7 772 23JUN- 7 772 7 773 -30JUN 3 772/4 773 01JUL-25AUG 7 772 26AUG- 7 772 7 773 -30JUN 3 772/4 773 01JUL-25AUG 7 772 26AUG- 7 772 7 772 7 772 |
| Singapore – Denpasar SQ942/943 SQ944/945 SQ946/947 SQ948/941 |
7 772 7 772 7 772 7 772 |
7 772 - 7 772 7 772 |
| Singapore – Manila SQ910/917 SQ912/919 SQ918/915 |
7 773 7 772 7 772 |
7 773 7 772 7 772 |
| Singapore – Ho Chi Minh SQ172/171 SQ178/173 SQ186/185 |
(OB / IB) 7/3 772 3/7 772 7/7 772 |
7 772 7 772 7 772 |
| Singapore – Hanoi | 7 772 | 7 772 |
| Singapore – Bandar Seri Begawan | 2 772/3 320 | 2 772/3 320 |
| Singapore – Hong Kong SQ860/863 SQ862/861 SQ866/865 SQ868/873 |
7 773 -17MAY 7 773/77W 7 744 -03FEB 7 772 04FEB- 6 772 -03FEB 7 772 |
7 772 18MAY- 7 77W 7 772 7 772 |
| Singapore – Guangzhou | 7 772 | 7 772 |
| Singapore – Nanjing | 3 772 | 3 772 |
| Singapore – Shanghai SQ826/827 SQ828/831 SQ830/833 |
7 772 7 772 -15FEB 3 772 16FEB- 7 773 - 7 773 |
7 772 7 772 7 773 |
| Singapore – Beijing SQ800/803 SQ802/805 SQ810/801 |
7 772 7 772 -31JAN 7 77W 01FEB- 7 772 |
7 772 7 77W 7 772 |
| Singapore – Taipei SQ876/877 SQ878/879 |
7 772 7 772 |
7 772 7 772 |
| Singapore – Seoul SQ608/609 SQ602/603 |
3 772 -01FEB 7 773 |
3 772 03JUN- 7 772 |
| Singapore – Tokyo | 7 388 | 7 388 |
| Singapore – Nagoya | 7 772 | 7 772 -31MAY 7 333 01JUN- |
| Singapore – Osaka | 7 772 | 7 772 |
| Singapore – Fukuoka | 5 772 (x35) | 5 772 (x15) |
| Singapore – Bangkok – Tokyo | 6 772 | 6 772 |
| Singapore – Los Angeles | 7 345 | 7 345 |
| Singapore – Tokyo – Los Angeles | 7 744 | 7 744 |
| Singapore – Newark | 7 345 | 7 345 |
| Singapore – Hong Kong – San Francisco | 7 744 -11JAN 7 77W 12JAN- |
7 77W |
| Singapore – Seoul – San Francisco | 7 77W | 7 77W |
| Singapore – Sydney SQ231/232 SQ233/234 SQ219/220 |
7 744 -01JUN 7 77W -15JAN 3 77W 16JAN- 7 744 7 388 |
7 77W 02JUN- 5 77W -17JUN 7 77W 18JUN- 7 744 7 388 |
| Singapore – Brisbane SQ255/256 SQ245/246 SQ235/236 |
4 772 7 772 7 772 |
5 333 7 333 7 333 |
| Singapore – Melbourne SQ217/218 SQ227/228 SQ237/238 |
5 77W/2 744 7 744 7 773 |
7 77W 7 744 7 773 |
| Singapore – Adelaide | 7 772 -31MAY | 7 333 01JUN- |
| Singapore – Perth SQ225/224 SQ223/226 SQ215/216 |
3 772 -30MAR 7 772 -30APR |
5 333 02APR- 7 333 01MAY- 7 333 01MAY- |
| Singapore – Auckland SQ281/282 SQ285/286 |
5 772 7 77W |
5 772 7 77W |
| Singapore – Christchurch | 7 772 | 5 772 |
8
Jan
JAL Cargo/NCA to Cooperate on North American routes
JAL Cargo and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has reached a cooperating deal on the North American services.
Both carriers plans to offer joint-service on Los Angeles and Chicago route. Currently JAL Cargo operates a total of 10 weekly while NCA operates 16. Both sides are working on the operating frequencies and plans to streamlining the schedules.
8
Jan
JAL considering closing Upper Deck 747 seatings
According to Japanese media report, Japan Airlines is considering closing the sales of upper deck seats on its Boeing 747 fleet, as part of its latest cost-cutting effort
