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It's Official, SQ In Moscow As Of 17 Jan 2006

Kevin From Canada, joined Dec 2000, 1026 posts, RR: 0
Posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1528 times:

Singapore Airlines will inaugurate a flight to Moscow as of 17 January 2006.

Flight number is SQ 356. The flight will be operated through Dubai. Type of aircraft used will be B777-200. Dep Singapore 17:00 Arr Moscow Domodedovo 07:10 Morning. Flights will be operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Welcome to Russia SQ! Good news for Moscow. Nice to see another Asian carrier there. Now where is Cathay?

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Kaitak744 From United States, joined Jul 2005, 1987 posts, RR: 3
Reply 1, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1492 times:

Wonderfull! And with 787s in the future, they can do that route daily.

LordHowe From Finland, joined Jan 2003, 728 posts, RR: 3
Reply 2, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1410 times:

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Quoting Kevin (Thread starter):
Dep Singapore 17:00 Arr Moscow Domodedovo 07:10 Morning.

What is the timetable from Moscow back to Singapore? How come not nonstop?

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Kiwiandrew From Mauritius, joined Jun 2005, 5532 posts, RR: 17
Reply 3, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1332 times:

Hi Kevin

you have said in your thread that it is official - but I have just looked at SQ website under press releases and also done a google news search - I couldn't find anything - could you please post the link for your official source

thanks

Andrew

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TS-IOR From Tunisia, joined Oct 2001, 2904 posts, RR: 8
Reply 4, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1307 times:

Isn't a long trip to serve DME via DXB ? Was it better if the flight continue to CPH for example,or will SQ take profit from the Emirati open sky ?

Aviasian From Singapore, joined Jan 2001, 1188 posts, RR: 22
Reply 5, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1199 times:

If this is indeed "official", it clearly shows SQ's intention to tap into the very vibrant Moscow-Dubai market . . . as well as Moscow-Singapore (and beyond).

Singapore and the UAE do indeed have an Open Skies Agreement that makes this an easy route to operate without any bureaucratic hitches.

KC Sim

Airtropolis From Singapore, joined Apr 2000, 134 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1013 times:

With a stop in DXB, I figure that they would probably be using the 3 class configured B772 with regional F/J rather than the 2 class "Spacebed" equipped metal. Could this possibly be due to the fact that all their 2 class Spacebed aircraft are fully deployed on other routes apart from the attraction of 5th freedom rights between DXB and DME?

Behramjee From Canada, joined Aug 2003, 3768 posts, RR: 40
Reply 7, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 932 times:

SQ will be competing with EK, PIA and Aeroflot on this highly demanded DXB-DME-DXB route.

PIA flies 2 weekly A 310s offering cheap fares on this 5th freedom sector. Their loads on DXB-SVO-DXB average 75% and constitute to be the main backbone of the flight as the O&D between KHI and SVO is next to nothing.

Now with SQ added into the mix, PIA will suffer.

SQ should now focus on flying to key African cities via DXB where untapped demand exists.

Zvezda From Lithuania, joined Aug 2004, 10189 posts, RR: 71
Reply 8, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 899 times:

Quoting Behramjee (Reply 7):
SQ should now focus on flying to key African cities via DXB where untapped demand exists.

Could DXB become a mini-hub for SQ? Do SQ enjoy 7th freedom rights from DXB?

ArtBKK From Thailand, joined Mar 2005, 31 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 23 hours ago) and read 790 times:

Quoting Airtropolis (Reply 6):
With a stop in DXB, I figure that they would probably be using the 3 class configured B772 with regional F/J rather than the 2 class "Spacebed" equipped metal.

I was wondering about the equipment for this route too. Could anyone confirm this? It is quite a long flight to fly SIN-DME with a regional F/J seats.

Kiwiandrew From Mauritius, joined Jun 2005, 5532 posts, RR: 17
Reply 10, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 684 times:

Quoting ArtBKK (Reply 9):
I was wondering about the equipment for this route too. Could anyone confirm this?

I don't think anyone is going to be able to confirm the equipment until the route is confirmed - at this stage despite the topic saying "it's official" there is no press release on SQ's website and nothing in Google news - it is still very much "unofficial" even if someone has an inside source which has leaked them some info.

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N1120A From United States, joined Dec 2003, 23588 posts, RR: 88
Reply 11, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 661 times:

Quoting Zvezda (Reply 8):
Could DXB become a mini-hub for SQ? Do SQ enjoy 7th freedom rights from DXB?

I don't think 7th freedoms would matter unless SQ plans on changing gauge (which I don't think they do)

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Zvezda From Lithuania, joined Aug 2004, 10189 posts, RR: 71
Reply 12, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 650 times:

Quoting N1120A (Reply 11):
I don't think 7th freedoms would matter unless SQ plans on changing gauge (which I don't think they do)

What I envisioned was SQ operating flights west from DXB to a larger number of destinations using smaller aircraft connecting to (a perhaps smaller number of) DXB-SIN flights operated by larger aircraft. Already, CAI-DXB is lightly loaded compared to the DXB-SIN continuation. With four destinations west of DXB, it becomes possible to fly 3x/4x per week using one aircraft on a captive rotation that connects to twice daily DXB-SIN service. With some larger number of ex-DXB destinations, it becomes compelling if the rights are there.

Planemanofnz From New Zealand, joined Sep 2005, 1616 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 16 hours ago) and read 655 times:

Great, can't wait to see another, new long-haul carrier to DME

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