A350 Deliveries and Routes

[flyguy]

Do agree that its for the RSAF charter. On its return leg, it needs a refueling stop in SFO and possibly pick up some pax as otherwise it can make a tech stop in Anchorage for fuel.

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SQ8200/A359 (9V-SMW) operating a charter today from Singapore non-stop to Boise, Idaho, USA. It will stay there for about 27 hours before returning via SFO as SQ8201.

Four further flights planned on the same SIN-BOI-SFO-SIN route in Aug/Sep.

Anyone know what these are for?

My money is on SAF charter — the RSAF has a base in Idaho: https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal.../11oct19_news1

[MainlyMiles]

SQ8200/A359 (9V-SMW) operating a charter today from Singapore non-stop to Boise, Idaho, USA. It will stay there for about 27 hours before returning via SFO as SQ8201.

Four further flights planned on the same SIN-BOI-SFO-SIN route in Aug/Sep.

Anyone know what these are for?

[Not You]

SQ24 SIN-JFK (Aug 15) took the unusual route over the pole today instead of the North Pacific routing.

Could be to do with a tropical depression over the Pacific. SQ607|15AUG (ICN-SIN) and SQ637|15AUG (NRT-SIN) took a circuitous routing, avoiding the area near Taiwan.

Many flights were avoiding volcanic ash in the area following the eruption of the submarine volcano Fukutoku-Okanoba.

[9V-SPL]

SQ24 SIN-JFK (Aug 15) took the unusual route over the pole today instead of the North Pacific routing.

Could be to do with a tropical depression over the Pacific. SQ607|15AUG (ICN-SIN) and SQ637|15AUG (NRT-SIN) took a circuitous routing, avoiding the area near Taiwan.

[Zlamba]

SQ24 SIN-JFK (Aug 15) took the unusual route over the pole today instead of the North Pacific routing.

[wlgspotter]

As per MainlyMiles, SQ is relaunching SIN-TPE-LAX from 25th Aug, using standard LH, 3-class A350-900's, operating 3x weekly. It seemed that this will be the 1st time SQ is operating the A350 on a regular, scheduled, basis into TPE. Also, with this flight the SIN-TPE turnaround (flown using their 787-10s) will be scaled back to 4x weekly, thus keeping SIN-TPE on a 7x weekly basis.

What is interesting with this new flight though is that pax can only either do SIN-TPE, or TPE-LAX, but paxs can't travel SIN-TPE-LAX on it as Taiwan appararently still doesn't allow transit paxs.

Link to article: https://mainlymiles.com/2021/08/11/s...eedom-flights/

[Not You]

Not related but Qatar Aviation Authority ordered the grounding of 11 A359s and 2 A35Ks for fuselage surface cracks: https://simpleflying.com/qatar-airwa...a350-grounded/

[jul247]

SQ has 2 more A350s in their delivery books till Q1 2022. Assuming the registrations get delivered in sequence and even in the scenario that the next 2 variants to be delivered are both of the LH type (9V-SJC and 9V-SJD), we probably won't see MSN 460 in the fleet for at least another 8 months?

I read somewhere MSN 485 and MSN 494 will be delivered before MSN 460 but could not find the source now. I think Airbus offers SQ a discount for MSN 460 frame for testing usage.

[Zlamba]

SQ has 2 more A350s in their delivery books till Q1 2022. Assuming the registrations get delivered in sequence and even in the scenario that the next 2 variants to be delivered are both of the LH type (9V-SJC and 9V-SJD), we probably won't see MSN 460 in the fleet for at least another 8 months?

[jul247]

Is MSN460 still expected to be 9V-SJE?

Not sure at the moment, all activities around MSN 460 has stopped since July 2, 2021. We shall see in next few days/weeks if it gets repainted in full SQ colours.

[9V-SPL]

Upcoming A350-941 for SQ:

1. MSN460 A350-941 F-WZNY 9V- 57th
2. MSN485 A350-941 F-W 9V- 58th
3. MSN494 A350-941 F-W 9V- 59th
4. MSN514 A350-941 F-W 9V- 60th
5. MSN525 A350-941 F-W 9V- 61th
6. MSN564 A350-941 F-W 9V- 62th
7. MSN568 A350-941 F-W 9V- 63th
8. MSN593 A350-941 F-W 9V- 64th

Is MSN460 still expected to be 9V-SJE?

[jul247]

Upcoming A350-941 for SQ:

1. MSN460 A350-941 F-WZNY 9V- 57th
2. MSN485 A350-941 F-W 9V- 58th
3. MSN494 A350-941 F-W 9V- 59th
4. MSN514 A350-941 F-W 9V- 60th
5. MSN525 A350-941 F-W 9V- 61th
6. MSN564 A350-941 F-W 9V- 62th
7. MSN568 A350-941 F-W 9V- 63th
8. MSN593 A350-941 F-W 9V- 64th

[Not You]

9V-SJB has entered service as SQ708|04JUL (SIN-BKK).

[SQKevin]

9V-SJB taking off on her Delivery Flight from Toulouse earlier this morning.



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