777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5188 posts, RR: 4 Posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 2439 times:
Service is just once a week currently, routing Riyadh-Manila-Hong Kong with a 744 flights from Jeddah will be added later on. SV Cargo have been in HKG since 2003, this is their first passenger operation to a Chinese city.
CaptinTuT From United States of America, joined May 2005, 345 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 2419 times:
Good news for SV, i know that that there is a big Philippines population in Saudi Arabia, and i guess opening HKG will expand the business for them.
would the have pax right from Manila-Kong Kong?
Best of luck SV
777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5188 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2021 times:
Quoting CaptinTuT (Reply 1): i know that that there is a big Philippines population in Saudi Arabia
I was most surprised to find out there are 30,000 Fillipino's in Lebanon and yet no direct service was established by PR or ME for Manila-Beirut via Dubai would have been best and PR most suited with A340.
Cloud4000 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 639 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2016 times:
Only once a week to MNL from JED/RUH? Honestly, I can't make head or tails with SV's schedules. If I were traveling to MNL, I would much prefer EK, QR, or GF. Not only do they provide more frequencies, but the service is much better.
CaptinTuT From United States of America, joined May 2005, 345 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1933 times:
Quoting 777way (Reply 4): was most surprised to find out there are 30,000 Fillipino's in Lebanon and yet no direct service was established by PR or ME for Manila-Beirut via Dubai would have been best and PR most suited with A340.
well first time to hear that too, that's huge for such a small country, and i think you started a good question why neither PR or ME never operated that route i would say that ME planes wasn't to go for that ultra haul routes and i think like you said they would be making the connection in DBX through diffrent airlines that fly to MNL from DBX, about PR i hope there is someone from who can answer that questin for us about their planes.
Quoting Cloud4000 (Reply 5): Only once a week to MNL from JED/RUH? Honestly, I can't make head or tails with SV's schedules. If I were traveling to MNL, I would much prefer EK, QR, or GF. Not only do they provide more frequencies
I hear you, i flew SV once long time ago, so i can't really judge their service nowadays but what i heared about QR makes me fly them even over EK
HiJazzey From Saudi Arabia, joined Sep 2005, 788 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1848 times:
Hi there,
Haven't been here for a while.
Regarding the new HKG service, it is routed via MNL because it is an extension of the MNL flight rather than a new one. I believe they will eventually get their own 777 service once the route is established.
As for frequencies to MNL, SV operate between 4-5 flights a week from RUH and 2-3 flights a week from JED
AirxLiban From Lebanon, joined Oct 2003, 4491 posts, RR: 55 Reply 9, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1797 times:
Quoting 777way (Reply 4): I was most surprised to find out there are 30,000 Fillipino's in Lebanon and yet no direct service was established by PR or ME for Manila-Beirut via Dubai would have been best and PR most suited with A340.
A significant number of the 30,000 Filipinos in Lebanon work domestically and do not therefore travel very frequently between Lebanon and the Philippines. So it wouldn't make much sense to open a route to for this sort of traffic.
777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5188 posts, RR: 4 Reply 10, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1758 times:
Is the Filipino community the largest East Asian group in Lebanon? there are 12000 each of Indians, Bengalis and Sri Lankans there, and less than 500 Pakistani's yet PIA operated to BEY during the 90's using an A310 flights were via Abu Dhabi and Amman as did Sri Lankan from Colombo.
Quoting Cloudyapple (Reply 8): BUT Hong Kong is closer to Saudi Arabia than Manila is!!! Why is Manila the intermediate stop not Hong Kong?
PIA fly Islamabad-Hong Kong-Bangkok-Islamabad, and Lahore-Paris-Milan-Lahore and Lahore-Milan-Athens-Lahore now those are weirder routes.
Diesel33 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 295 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1611 times:
Quoting Cloudyapple (Reply 8): BUT Hong Kong is closer to Saudi Arabia than Manila is!!! Why is Manila the intermediate stop not Hong Kong?
If you fly Jeddah-Manila, you wil come through Hong Kong FIR FIRST, and THEN out to Manila FIR!!!
Don't forget that Manila is the established market here and SV probably didn't want to disrupt that considering the high number of competitors on the Middle East-Manila routes.
Also since there are not current non-stops between Hong Kong and Dubai (only direct flights), SV probably thought it didn't really matter where the passengers were required to stop.
BCA2005 From India, joined Sep 2005, 246 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 10 months 6 days ago) and read 1561 times:
Quoting Diesel33 (Reply 12): Also since there are not current non-stops between Hong Kong and Dubai (only direct flights), SV probably thought it didn't really matter where the passengers were required to stop.
Emirates EK 380/381 and Cathay Pacific CX 731/732/738/745/746 are all current nonstops
Klyk1980 From Canada, joined Jan 2004, 153 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 10 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1349 times:
It is clear that MNL is a more important port for SV. Thats why they want to keep MNL with non-stop rather than put MNL a stopover. Maybe we will see routings like....Riyadh-Manila-Ho Chi Minh-Manila-Riyadh....in the future.just an example. But definitely SV will face intense competition with CX, EK, and Qatar.
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