AA What's with all the hate for AA? I'm from Singapore and took a couple of domestic flights in the US 2 years ago on AA and I had nothing to complain about. They were probably new aircraft I was on so I reckon it doesn't represent their entire fleet but the seat pitch was decent, IFE was great wit...
Jump to postI double check my boarding card seat with the row number, then I say excuse me, I think you are sitting in my seat, what seat is on your boarding card? Then they check the seat and move, If they ask if I would mind sitting in their seat I say no because they are invariably trying to improve a middl...
Jump to postWhat's wrong with you people?! Why on earth would you approach the person sitting in your assigned seat directly? I'm pretty sure your questions here are tongue-and-cheek, but sometimes the situation can be handled at the lowest level by just discussing it with them. No need to immediately involve ...
Jump to postWhy wouldn't they, and not just Asian airlines? Birds are associated with flight- like how you might have a fish or a sea creature on the logo of a ship maker. With that said the legacy airlines usually have a story like the examples mentioned above. For Singapore Airlines, the bird is also meant to...
Jump to postWhat's wrong with you people?! Why on earth would you approach the person sitting in your assigned seat directly? It happened to me once on a SQ flight. I saw from a few rows down that someone was sitting in my seat.. I walked up to a flight attendant and told him someone was in my seat, showing my...
Jump to postWhat's wrong with you people?! Why on earth would you approach the person sitting in your assigned seat directly? It happened to me once on a SQ flight. I saw from a few rows down that someone was sitting in my seat.. I walked up to a flight attendant and told him someone was in my seat, showing my ...
Jump to postYou must be a novice to 'the ways of western governments past & present'... This kind of treacherous behavior goes back, way back beyond Brutus & Cicero thinking they would be better rulers than Julius Caesar. At the time you mentioned, guess who was US President...it was Ike, Dwight Eisenh...
Jump to postJust came across this and I was speechless. How could something like this have gone unabated? [Foreign Policy magazine] 64 Years Later, CIA Finally Releases Details of Iranian Coup ... "Known as Operation Ajax, the CIA plot was ultimately about oil. Western firms had for decades controlled the ...
Jump to postI came across some literature about how culturally liberal Iran was before the Islamic revolution of 1979. I couldn't find much on Iran Air during the time beyond this article that shows its FAs in short skirts, a contrast to the present where all females on board need to have their hair covered and...
Jump to postHow do you know my personal life? Sounds like you're the one trolling. I definitely flew with them, but I did not find service to be better than AA. I flew from LAX to NRT to SIN in the early 2000s. I hate to break it to you, but nothing you've said is coherent. Let's take a look at what you've pos...
Jump to postI've heard some allegations that the Skytrax methodology isn't fair. Not sure about that but I'm glad to see Singapore Airlines at the top after 9 years. Over the last decade, LCC competiton has grown exponentially in Southeast Asia and the ME3 have been offerin much more competitive fares in this r...
Jump to postWow.. that means there's now 4 to 5 daily flights between San Francisco to Singapore. I think it really shows just how strong a market Singapore is- that it can sustain such a high volume of high yielding O&D and connecting traffic. And yet every now and then, people here insist that SIN is goin...
Jump to postWith over 130,000 searches in the last 12 months, a potential city pair from Singapore to Vancouver has been identified as this week’s “Skyscanner-anna.aero Unserved Route of the Week” – a powerful analysis based on aspirational data captured from the Skyscanner.net flight comparison site used by +...
Jump to postThat sounds horrible. I'm shocked..
Any response from SQ yet?
Trump did the right thing and so did Boeing. Maybe Iran Air should take the issues up with their radical islamic government. If they didn't behave the way they do these things wouldn't happen to them. Saudi Arabia ok, Iran bad :roll: This will make Iran moving into more radicalism. The only solutio...
Jump to posthttps://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/sia-to-offer-non-stop-flights-to-la-soon-looking-for-other-us-cities-to-fly-non Facts based on the Straits Times article: - LAX will be SQ's 2nd US non-stop destination with the 350 ULR variant - It is unclear if their 1-stop options via Tokyo an Seou...
Jump to postHow far is this a350 better than the previous a340-500 economically Hello, A brief summary of the fuel consumption of airliners reported at http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1355819 states the following: Airbus 340-500: 8300kg/h Airbus 350-900: 5800kg/h Please note that the 350 figure ...
Jump to postBy your logic, the UK should tear down the Big Ben because it screams '1800s'. There is such a thing as heritage and I dare say the Singapore Airlines livery embodies the heritage of the Malayan region (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and and some parts of Indonesia) with its iconic blue-yellow and the...
Jump to postThe draw to EWR could be UA's massive hub and *A FF base. UA and Singapore never seemed too keen on collaborating. I flew the non-stops to EWR/LAX several times back then, almost always with a connection, and I often ended up on another carrier for the domestic leg, even when UA was a viable option...
Jump to postHere's a good article with details and the background of the to-be resumed EWR flight:
https://mainlymiles.com/2018/05/30/sing ... m-october/
I think it's timeless. Not dated. It screams 1980s and sticks out like a sore thumb now. Agreed. It so old hat now. :checkmark: The Singapore livery is both timeless and iconic- it holds the same branding value like the logos of Louis Vuitton and Chanel. It's a warmed over rehash of what was an ele...
Jump to postI knew it was a matter of time. Travellers want seemless connections. MI already codeshared with SQ on all its routes from 2015- and yes, it took SQ that long to realise the value of leveraging on its MI network. However despite SQ's extensive efforts to prop up the SilkAir brand as a full-service r...
Jump to postLAXintl wrote:Silk Air to be rebranded as Singapore Airlines and take over more regional ops.
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/m ... 718-180518
Looks amazing with a lot of potential! Can't wait to visit Iran.. I'll be landing in IKIA in 2 weeks
"China wants to dictate how foreign airlines refer to Taiwan and the US is having none of it — this is how every major airline is responding" https://www.businessinsider.sg/what-do-airlines-call-taiwan-china-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T Business Insider reported that on April 25, authorities from...
Jump to postSimple answer: branding. There could be many other reasons as well but as a Public Relations and Marketing executive, I'd focus on the branding aspect. Airlines brand themselves on various things. For Southwest for example, the value of their brand is based on offering efficient and economical fligh...
Jump to postRE the Singapore - Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail Project Since I was a child growing up in Singapore, there was talk about it. But the deadline keeps getting pushed back. It was supposed to be operational by 2020 sometime back.. I've lost all hope in it :( Both governments seem to be really slow in m...
Jump to postI have friends who are SQ flight attendants. They tell me that they are required to clean the lavatories every 30 minutes or so on all flights.
I have seen the crew walking in with cleaning equipment on my flights with them.
You could say the same about public toilets. #closethedoor Except the issue is a fundamental design flaw in the cabin. The only set up that allows for meal service is to sit in the chair facing out towards the opposite suite and the door to remain open as otherwise the crew can’t serve you. You the...
Jump to postNote to myself: never book first class on SIA... I detect a whaff of satire in this post post. In any case, Singapore Airlines has always always invested a lot in the products and updated their products regularly. Case in point, their long-haul Business Class circa 2007. It was the first to go 1-2-...
Jump to postI was keeping a lookout for a Trip Report of SQ's new short-haul Business Class
Thanks a lot for sharing.
I can't wait to try this when I fly to Bangkok for work.
From the pictures, I imagine this seat could be comfortable even on an ultra long-haul!
SilkAir and Star Alliance
Jump to postThe CEO did mention that it might not necessarily be for the mainline carrier itself; "We will continue to look at it and explore if it will fit into our plan. It would be not necessarily for Singapore Airlines, but for the group," Goh Choon Phong has said. And seeing as how airlines have...
Jump to postLove the Bavarian outfits and the traditional Brotzeit lunch box in that checkered wrapping!
It's nice when airlines make the effort to showcase their traditional cultures, give the whole experience more character.
Thanks for sharing.
In terms of the previous generation of products, I could not understand why SQ didn't put their 2008 Suites of the 380 onto the 77W considering the popularity of the Suites. They could have just made it slightly narrower to suit the dimensions of the latter. The 77W First Class felt like a big step ...
Jump to postYes, the cabin looks nice, but I shall be honest and say that I'd like to see some more colour from SQ...that blue/grey combination, while very soothing and simple, is a bit on the drab side...I would have liked a richer colour combination, like rust/gold/blue..a tad more adventurous and less remin...
Jump to postFinally! The first pictures of SQ's 787-10 Business Class are out: https://www.ausbt.com.au/review-singapore-airlines-boeing-787-10-regional-business-class As always with SQ, the colours are warm brown tones and it conveys a sense of understated luxury. Definitely an improvement over the current 2-2...
Jump to postI’ve read for years about the tense relationship SQ has with UA, but if flying to EWR for pax to connect onwards on United, it would help fill SQ’s airplane- so could the poor relationship actually get in the way of selling tickets and making money? I thought the UA/SQ feud was debunked. Thought it...
Jump to postStunning! Can’t wait to see more 787-10 in the skies!! SQ certainly have a varied fleet! They do turn them over fast! Next up for retirement should be 5 non-ER B773, 2 Oh god yes... I fly SIN-BKK regularly and more often than not I get one of those old 773. While it doesn't bother me that much sinc...
Jump to postRE the 3-3-3 Economy config, keep in mind that SQ will be using this aircraft on short-haul/regional routes, the bulk of which are under 6 hours. The regional market in Southeast Asia is highly price sensitive and SQ's fares have gone down a lot in recent years. Something's gotta give. When it comes...
Jump to postIt's amazing how SQ livery looks gorgeous on every aircraft they've had (the exception being the 380).. Truly timeless.
Can't wait to see the interiors which I expect should flood the net in a few hours when the embargo is lifted.
I could not disagree with that any more strongly. Even among my non-aviation circles of friends and colleagues the mere mention of any aircraft incident can bring up Malaysia Airlines, and imagine the headlines if they announced a reintroduction of service to the US based on how prominently that st...
Jump to postThe report doesn't hint that it will be anytime soon. Coming from a Malaysian source and knowing what the media there are like just before an upcoming General Election, I wouldn't give any credibility to this report. It's probably just an attempt to get rouse up some nationalistic sentiments, like &...
Jump to postWith tougher competition in the premium carrier space, and presumably Singapore's greying population, SQ is reportedly trying to get former crew the airline has trained to return. The article reports that many returning applicants had previously left to start families. The Straits Times: Singapore A...
Jump to postI too think that CX has too much arrogance overall, I believe that there is some sort of delusion that the current management have, especially thinking that its still a strong brand and a market leader that it once was, obviously something is not working at CX with the past years of losses evident ...
Jump to postWhat about Dragonair? Dragonair is not an LCC. It's a full-service regional airline that even has an F Cabin. Like SQ's Silkair albeit Silkair only operates narrow bodies with J and Y cabins. CX doesn't have a real LCC the way SQ has Scoot which has expanded sizeably after it integrated with Tiger.
Jump to postI remember 7 years ago when SQ only had a minority stake in Tiger and talked about starting an LCC which became Scoot, CX's CEO arrogantly said they dont need an LCC subsidiary because they're right by the growing Chinese market... Ironic to see top carriers like CX and SQ suffer. Just for the recor...
Jump to postSQ JFK-FRA without a doubt on their 380 Suites.
Its currently their older 1-2-1 layout one, not the newer 1-1 configured one in the press last year.
The former is still an amazing experience IMO with SQ's understated elegance.
Beautiful. Qantas does amazing special liveries inspired by their native aboriginal art.. In contrast to airlines with generic soulless schemes *cough* lufthansa...
Jump to postBit of a rant... Like many of you I love looking at route maps. Mainly just for kicks but also so that I can see clearly where an airline flies non-stop. You used to be able to get a clear route map on almost any airline's website. The really good ones allowed you to mouse-over a city and easily se...
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