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Why SQ A380 Choose To Fly SYD?

BRxxx From Taiwan Region, joined Aug 2007, 103 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1474 times:

I remember that LHR was going to be the first destination that SQ A380 is going to serve. Why is it know changed to SYD?

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Stylo777 From Turkey, joined Feb 2006, 2252 posts, RR: 8
Reply 1, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1456 times:

simply answer:

LHR: 13-14 hrs
SYD: 7-8 hrs

flightime... they can do daily return flight on the SYD route which is not posible on the LHR run

Stitch From United States, joined Jul 2005, 16086 posts, RR: 64
Reply 2, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1415 times:

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Quoting BRxxx (Thread starter):
I remember that LHR was going to be the first destination that SQ A380 is going to serve. Why is it know changed to SYD?

One aircraft is insufficient to support SIN-LHR due to the distance. Also, by flying SIN-SYD, SQ can get in more flights per day which allows them to rotate more crews through the plane for familiarization and training and should the A380 suffer a mechanical issue that grounds it in SYD, it's much easier to accommodate passengers then if they were in LHR.

Astuteman From United Kingdom (England), joined Jan 2005, 6293 posts, RR: 88
Reply 3, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1183 times:

Quoting BRxxx (Thread starter):
I remember that LHR was going to be the first destination that SQ A380 is going to serve. Why is it know changed to SYD?

From what we were told on A-net about a year ago, SQ weren't confident that an A380 could fly SIN-LHR year-round with a meaningful payload...... duck

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Stitch From United States, joined Jul 2005, 16086 posts, RR: 64
Reply 4, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1072 times:

Quoting Astuteman (Reply 3):
From what we were told on A-net about a year ago, SQ weren't confident that an A380 could fly SIN-LHR year-round with a meaningful payload......

I thought SFO-HKG was the worry, which is why the original SQ plan to launch the A380 on that route was changed to LHR-SIN (with a SYD tag-on). Last I heard, SFO-HKG no longer looks to be any issue, but by then SQ had already committed to LHR-SIN(-SYD).

Astuteman From United Kingdom (England), joined Jan 2005, 6293 posts, RR: 88
Reply 5, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 945 times:

Quoting Stitch (Reply 4):
I thought SFO-HKG was the worry

You're correct. That's what we were led to believe (erroneously, I suspect) .
I was just being mischievous blush

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Of course the proper answer is almost certainly...

Quoting Stylo777 (Reply 1):
flightime... they can do daily return flight on the SYD route which is not possible on the LHR run

Regards

Afterburner From Indonesia, joined Jun 2005, 727 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 857 times:

And I think because SIN-SYD-SIN is a very profitable route. I flew SQ SIN-SYD twice and SYD-SIN once, all the three flights were full.

GlobeEx From Germany, joined Aug 2007, 544 posts, RR: 7
Reply 7, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 815 times:

Quoting Stylo777 (Reply 1):
they can do daily return flight on the SYD route which is not possible on the LHR run

With that being the main reason I'm sure SQ also likes to rub the A380 under Qantas nose, while they don't have it, yet. especially after SQ was trying to get the rights (5th freedom rights to the US, if I'm not mistaken), which they didn't get, were Qantas was also lobbying quite heavily against SQ's plans.

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