A350 Deliveries and Routes

[flyguy]

...Scoot.

Yup Scoot announced it will be flying to Berlin 4 times weekly in the second half of 2018

[SQKevin]

9V-SMS has landed at Changi bringing the SQ A359 fleet to 19.

9V-SMT will be next to be delivered at the end of December. She has just had her first engine run with her First Flight to take place sometime next week.

[Dobbo]

It's almost like MAN Flyer knows these things...

[MAN Flyer]

Ich bin ein... ?.

...Scoot.

[SQKevin]

9V-SMS has taken off on her Delivery Flight as SQ8895. She is expected to arrive at Changi at 7.15pm (local time) this evening.

[9V-SPL]

9V-SMS is scheduled to arrive into Changi Airport tomorrow (01DEC17) at 1315 LT as SQ8895.

[SQfanatic]

If she is delivered today (30 November), she will still make it as a November delivery. Airbus is clearing the November deliveries very efficiently. 3 frames were delivered on 29 Nov to Delta, Malaysia Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines. 9V-SMS is the only Delivery-ready A359 still at the Delivery Centre. If all paper work is cleared today, she should depart Toulouse this evening.
9V-SMT is still waiting to make her First Flight and could just make it as the last delivery of 2017.

Makes sense, I said almost, but it didn't slip into the December delivery. But even then great to know both SMS and SMT will be delivered before the end of 2017.

[SQ025]

IIRC some time in the past there was a post floating around claiming that a schedule was filed for SIN-MUC-ORD. Nothing came of it. With the collapse of Airberlin, SQ could step in to fly to a North American destination from Berlin. LH can codeshare, saving it from flying the route and instead dedicating resources elsewhere, while SQ also gets more pax onboard. Looks like a win-win to me

Berlin Airports have a long history of airlines failing to establish long-hauls out of the various airports. Iam not too sure if SQ would be able to turn the fate.

[9V-JKL]

I heard SMT is scheduled for delivery on either 23 or 24/Dec.

[SQKevin]

Wow so it has indeed slipped to an early December delivery. SMT would probably be the last A350 delivery of the year.

If she is delivered today (30 November), she will still make it as a November delivery. Airbus is clearing the November deliveries very efficiently. 3 frames were delivered on 29 Nov to Delta, Malaysia Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines. 9V-SMS is the only Delivery-ready A359 still at the Delivery Centre. If all paper work is cleared today, she should depart Toulouse this evening.
9V-SMT is still waiting to make her First Flight and could just make it as the last delivery of 2017.

[SQ228]

Or operated with a tag on to North America??

IIRC some time in the past there was a post floating around claiming that a schedule was filed for SIN-MUC-ORD. Nothing came of it. With the collapse of Airberlin, SQ could step in to fly to a North American destination from Berlin. LH can codeshare, saving it from flying the route and instead dedicating resources elsewhere, while SQ also gets more pax onboard. Looks like a win-win to me

You make a logical case! When LH and others were picking over the remains of AB, the one thing none of them wanted was any of the long hauls.

[SQfanatic]

9V-SMS is displaying her Final Registration. Delivery should take place in the next one to two days.

Wow so it has indeed slipped to an early December delivery. SMT would probably be the last A350 delivery of the year.

[SQKevin]

9V-SMS is displaying her Final Registration. Delivery should take place in the next one to two days.

[Jumbojet Lover]

Which comes first... the new destination or the new airport?

There's a lot of J seats in an A350 though...

Or operated with a tag on to North America??

IIRC some time in the past there was a post floating around claiming that a schedule was filed for SIN-MUC-ORD. Nothing came of it. With the collapse of Airberlin, SQ could step in to fly to a North American destination from Berlin. LH can codeshare, saving it from flying the route and instead dedicating resources elsewhere, while SQ also gets more pax onboard. Looks like a win-win to me

[SQ228]

Berlin!

So you're saying it'll be launched with a 772ER?

Well they must be keeping them for some reason. The conspiracy deepens! Or perhaps MAN Flyer is just baiting us...