wonder why this is so as the only reasonable seems to be some technical issue? as to have it not flown for a month after delivery is unlike SIA and it costs alot to leave it on the ground.
wonder why this is so as the only reasonable seems to be some technical issue? as to have it not flown for a month after delivery is unlike SIA and it costs alot to leave it on the ground.
They actually need only 6 ULR to run the current schedule to LAX SFO n NEW. So no matter what, there will alway be one plane on the ground idling.
wonder why this is so as the only reasonable seems to be some technical issue? as to have it not flown for a month after delivery is unlike SIA and it costs alot to leave it on the ground.
You have a point but I asked this question before and they are just keeping it as a spare in case any of the ULR needs to go for maintenance.
You have a point but I asked this question before and they are just keeping it as a spare in case any of the ULR needs to go for maintenance.
Wow thats a very very expensive way to keep just one plane for "spare", as even for the other aircrafts like the 77W, A350s, and 787s, SIA do not even keep one spare for each type although they can make use of the others but likely result in some delays and inconveniences for passengers, and the remaining aircrafts have to log in more flying hours to cover for the AOG planes. Perhaps SIA can make use of the aspare A350ULR for a high yield destination like Jakarta - which it did fly the previous A345 to.
Wow thats a very very expensive way to keep just one plane for "spare", as even for the other aircrafts like the 77W, A350s, and 787s, SIA do not even keep one spare for each type although they can make use of the others but likely result in some delays and inconveniences for passengers, and the remaining aircrafts have to log in more flying hours to cover for the AOG planes. Perhaps SIA can make use of the aspare A350ULR for a high yield destination like Jakarta - which it did fly the previous A345 to.
Didn't they have only 5 of the A345 and also had 2 nonstop destinations?
Didn't they have only 5 of the A345 and also had 2 nonstop destinations?
They did but I always thought CGK was a route that they flew in between ultra long haul gaps. (i.e. Aircraft comes from LAX, does a morning CGK run, can do another LAX run)
Didn't they have only 5 of the A345 and also had 2 nonstop destinations?
Yes, they had 5 A345s for 2 non-stop destinations, correct. But each of those destinations only needed two planes to cover it on a daily basis. EWR had a 5 hour turnaround and LAX had 3.5. Both planes then returned to SIN between 0530 and 0600 allowing for interchange between routes. While EWR departed again late morning, LAX wasn't until late afternoon, allowing for the quick CGK flight. The same two planes that were in SIN on any given day, were back 2 days later.
They were able to be one A345 down but still cover daily EWR and LAX non-stops as well as the CGK flight if necessary.
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