A350 Deliveries and Routes

[SQKevin]

9V-SJE has taken off on her Delivery Flight as SQ8895. She is expected to arrive at Changi at 9.50am (local time) tomorrow, 31 December.

[SQKevin]

The Delivery Flight of 9V-SJE is now scheduled to depart at 2.00pm local time (9.00pm SG time) with scheduled arrival at Changi at 8.48am local time tomorrow as SQ8895.

[jul247]

9V-SJE's Delivery Flight was cancelled twice last night. No idea why they were cancelled. Hopefully it happens today.

Apparently the airframe has been delivered on contract, making Airbus #52 A350 to be delivered this year.

EDIT: And she is now airborne! Ready to celebrate her new year in tropical climate! https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...v-sje#2a58d4eb

[SQ218]

Looks like 9V-SGE made another charter flight

28 Dec, SQ8200 SIN to LAX
29 Dec, SQ8201 LAX to MEL
30 Dec, SQ8202 MEL to SIN. On route as I typed

Heard it is chartered by Tennis Aust to ferry players to Aust.

[SQKevin]

9V-SJE's Delivery Flight was cancelled twice last night. No idea why they were cancelled. Hopefully it happens today.

[Zlamba]

9V-SJE will be delivered on 29th December 2021, arriving into Changi at 18:00 as SQ8895.

Would this be the first time that the registrations are not delivered in sequence?

Guess we would soon find out what are the modifications made to this bird.

[MainlyMiles]

9V-SJE will be delivered on 29th December 2021, arriving into Changi at 18:00 as SQ8895.

[jul247]

9V-SJE has performed her CAF. Another step closer to a year end Delivery.

So graceful and beautiful.

[SQKevin]

9V-SJE has performed her CAF. Another step closer to a year end Delivery.

[SQfanatic]

Indeed SQ22/21 daily is back (ULR), for three times daily service to and from New York (i.e. the pre-COVID plan for October 2020 onwards that never happened!).

Quite ambitious, offering a non-stop morning and midnight departure in both directions on the New York route, plus the A380 via FRA.

EWR-SIN shows as non-VTL for the time being, though I'd expect that to be updated later.

2 x daily New York ULR plus potentially SQ34/33 SFO 3 x weekly, which looks like it may switch to ULR, requires 5 aircraft to operate (but 5th frame not fully utilised, so it's more like 4.5 aircraft).

Still plenty of scope for another daily service somewhere or other, while also retaining aircraft 7 as a spare.

I don’t remember any EWR resumption announcement, but the S22 schedule for SQ34/33 looks like it’s pre-covid schedule, I wonder if that 3PM schedule holds or the 6:40PM which is already in use for the last 1 year.

Also that flight is only 3 times a week, the current SQ34/33 flight is a daily flight even with the nonstop morning flight coming back in February.

But let’s wait & see.

[MainlyMiles]

I believe SQ have already updated the schedule for Sunmer 2022. SQ22/21 (EWR) is on the schedule. So SQ might be flying there.

Indeed SQ22/21 daily is back (ULR), for three times daily service to and from New York (i.e. the pre-COVID plan for October 2020 onwards that never happened!).

Quite ambitious, offering a non-stop morning and midnight departure in both directions on the New York route, plus the A380 via FRA.

EWR-SIN shows as non-VTL for the time being, though I'd expect that to be updated later.

2 x daily New York ULR plus potentially SQ34/33 SFO 3 x weekly, which looks like it may switch to ULR, requires 5 aircraft to operate (but 5th frame not fully utilised, so it's more like 4.5 aircraft).

Still plenty of scope for another daily service somewhere or other, while also retaining aircraft 7 as a spare.

[sbs2716g]

I believe SQ have already updated the schedule for Sunmer 2022. SQ22/21 (EWR) is on the schedule. So SQ might be flying there.

Even YVR/SEA remain on the schedule as well.

[SQfanatic]

I think SQ might keep the ULR on SFO. The seat map for SQ34/33 indicate LH A350. But they are not selling the Y seats on this flight. So maybe they are checking the demand as well.

I don’t know if the schedule is completely updated. SQ34/33 is probably not updated time-wise and also seat wise. I think if they are using the ULR now they will update to reflect.

Probably would wait a month to see if its further updated with that.

[sbs2716g]

From the latest summer schedule, it seems like SQ is dropping the A359ULR to both SFO and LAX, instead using the 3-class A350s. That leaves JFK the only destination consistently served by the ULR sub fleet.

I understand there were plans to potentially double-down on non-stop services to NYC pre-covid. With the recent upgrade of SQ25/26 to the A380, I do not envision that happening soon.

Any guesses on the plans SQ might have with loading the remaining ULR? There is enough capacity now to effectively open up 2 new non-stop routes to the U.S. east coast.

I think SQ might keep the ULR on SFO. The seat map for SQ34/33 indicate LH A350. But they are not selling the Y seats on this flight. So maybe they are checking the demand as well.

[Zlamba]

From the latest summer schedule, it seems like SQ is dropping the A359ULR to both SFO and LAX, instead using the 3-class A350s. That leaves JFK the only destination consistently served by the ULR sub fleet.

I understand there were plans to potentially double-down on non-stop services to NYC pre-covid. With the recent upgrade of SQ25/26 to the A380, I do not envision that happening soon.

Any guesses on the plans SQ might have with loading the remaining ULR? There is enough capacity now to effectively open up 2 new non-stop routes to the U.S. east coast.