AlexA340B777 From Indonesia, joined Oct 2008, 126 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 6 months 2 hours ago) and read 13270 times:
What is SQs latest plan of their 747 fleet retirement? I remember in an older thread it was said that they will retire all their 747s until mid 2011, is this still the plan?
Thanks for your answers!
Alex
So far travelled to 63 countries on 5 continents on 274 flights
olympic472 From United States of America, joined Jun 2008, 406 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (2 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 12534 times:
Upcoming delivery of two A380s. I believe LAX will be the next SQ A380 destination.
Does this mean the retirement of some 744 or route expansion?
Any new SQ destinations announced?
b707forever From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 459 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 9210 times:
Quoting na (Reply 7): Just saw a SQ 747 flying over my house shortly before landing at FRA.
According airfleets 9V-SMU, -SPA, -SPE, SPJ, -SPM, -SPN, -SPO, -SPP and -SPQ are still active with SQ.
AlexA340B777 From Indonesia, joined Oct 2008, 126 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (2 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 7925 times:
Any idea how long they will keep up the 747 flights to FRA? What will be the replacement once the 747 service to FRA is being stopped? Enough demand on this route for A380s or will it be 777s?
Alex
So far travelled to 63 countries on 5 continents on 274 flights
robffm2 From Germany, joined Dec 2006, 1094 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (2 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 7443 times:
Quoting AlexA340B777 (Reply 8): Any idea how long they will keep up the 747 flights to FRA? What will be the replacement once the 747 service to FRA is being stopped? Enough demand on this route for A380s or will it be 777s?
I would be somehow very surprised if there shouldn't't be enough demand for an A380 on FRA-SIN. But as the flight continues to JFK, more than two planes are needed. Anybody here who know the exact number?
There is much speculation why FRA has not yet become an A380 destination for SG. Some people on a.net say it's a courtesy for LH.
jetfan From Germany, joined Mar 2006, 52 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (2 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4754 times:
Whatever will replace them, something has to happen.
I was on SQ25 / 26 FRA-JFK / JFK-FRA recently and the interior of both planes (one of them was SPA) was very deteriorated now, at least in economy. When opening the tray, I had a "table cloth" - well, it was the seat cover. The IFE screens are very dark, and the overall impression of the cabin is not very pleasant.
I don't know which equipment LH uses on the FRA-JFK route, but the LH A346 on FRA-BOS was a much better experience and also the service on LH was better than SQ now.
I really like flying in the 744 - it's a great plane, but the condition of their 744s starts to damage SQs reputation.
United Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8792 posts, RR: 17 Reply 12, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 3062 times:
How much longer will the B 747-400s stay? I believe they will still be around for a while. 2 more years?
je89_w From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 2327 posts, RR: 10 Reply 13, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2898 times:
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Quoting United Airline (Reply 12): How much longer will the B 747-400s stay? I believe they will still be around for a while. 2 more years?
Since 9V-SPN was recently brought back into service with the fresh new livery, one can assume that the SQ B744s will stick around for a while longer, and will probably still fly to the cities served by the A345, as well as Australia. 9V-SPM was recently ferried from VCV to SIN, perhaps it will also be brought back into service soon?
I'm definitely not complaining. Those SQ jumbos are probably one of the best looking out there in my opinion!
Flyingsottsman From Australia, joined Oct 2010, 396 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2830 times:
Quoting jetfan (Reply 10):
I was on SQ25 / 26 FRA-JFK / JFK-FRA recently and the interior of both planes (one of them was SPA) was very deteriorated now, at least in economy. When opening the tray, I had a "table cloth" - well, it was the seat cover. The IFE screens are very dark, and the overall impression of the cabin is not very pleasant.
Wow, I thought I would never have heard that about SQ there service was second to none and their aircraft were spotless.
stylo777 From Turkey, joined Feb 2006, 2870 posts, RR: 12 Reply 16, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2688 times:
Quoting AlexA340B777 (Reply 8): What will be the replacement once the 747 service to FRA is being stopped? Enough demand on this route for A380s or will it be 777s?
thats gonna be a tough decision as the gaps between 747/77W/380 are big. here a comparison:
so there is no real replacement for the 747 in terms of capacity, either they will have overcapacity (380) or undercapacity (77W). and also remember there is SQ325, doing SIN-FRA-SIN daily (77W) plus LHs 747 on the very same route. in my eyes SQ could go for the A380, but some already mentioned the courtesy to LH. FRA-JFK and FRA-SIN are very important routes for them and a A380 of SQ on those routes would be a stab in the back. therefore I think SQ will downgrade the route to 77W when the retirement of the 747 is due. until than the queen of the skies will keep on flying...
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