A350 Deliveries and Routes

[SQ228]

Does anyone know which A350 will be used on the inaugural SIN-CHC service 7/8th JAN?

It could be any of 21 planes: SMA-U. If you want to find out the exact registration, icargo.net often displays it a few hours before departure, but it's only indicative and can often change.

[SQA350]

Does anyone know which A350 will be used on the inaugural SIN-CHC service 7/8th JAN?

[SQ228]

No matter what, there bound to be one plane sitting around everyday. N think there are 3 sitting on tarmac on Tuesday. Maybe SQ should have bought 6 ULR instead.

Is SQ thinking of swapping SQ31/32 to ULR n SQ33/34 with regular A350? Like that can better utilize the ULR.

SQ32/1 does very well filling its Y cabin, predominantly with passengers connecting to a variety of destinations in India. They'd lose that market if they moved to the ULR layout.

[sbs2716g]

The 7th ULR plane is a spare but it may not necessarily be 9V-SGG. I'm sure 9V-SGG will be rostered to fly in regular rotation to EWR/LAX/SFO while another aircraft serves as the spare back in SIN; it just has not happened yet. Unless you are an airline like Air India which apparently cannibalized a relatively-new aircraft for spares, you would not park an expensive asset with minimal utilization while flight hours and cycles are accumulated on the rest of the fleet, especially if there are only 7 in the total fleet.

No matter what, there bound to be one plane sitting around everyday. N think there are 3 sitting on tarmac on Tuesday. Maybe SQ should have bought 6 ULR instead.

Is SQ thinking of swapping SQ31/32 to ULR n SQ33/34 with regular A350? Like that can better utilize the ULR.

[Jumbojet Lover]

9V-SGG is a spare plane and will only fly if necessary.

The 7th ULR plane is a spare but it may not necessarily be 9V-SGG. I'm sure 9V-SGG will be rostered to fly in regular rotation to EWR/LAX/SFO while another aircraft serves as the spare back in SIN; it just has not happened yet. Unless you are an airline like Air India which apparently cannibalized a relatively-new aircraft for spares, you would not park an expensive asset with minimal utilization while flight hours and cycles are accumulated on the rest of the fleet, especially if there are only 7 in the total fleet.

[Not You]

So 9V-SGG has been delivered on December 15th, but it hasn't started any revenue service in 3 weeks. Interesting. I thought most of the time these planes start revenue service at the most 2 weeks if not within 1 week.

9V-SGG is a spare plane and will only fly if necessary.

[SQfanatic]

9V-SGG has landed at Changi bringing the SQ A350-900 fleet to 29. This completes the delivery of all 7 URLs.

So 9V-SGG has been delivered on December 15th, but it hasn't started any revenue service in 3 weeks. Interesting. I thought most of the time these planes start revenue service at the most 2 weeks if not within 1 week.

[Big_Hugh]

9V-SHA has just landed in Adelaide after its maiden flight to our city.

[9V-JKL]

PR never operated a 278t version of the A350- Airbus never actually offered it. All of PR’s A350s have so far been 280t models.

According to this CAPA analysis:

https://centreforaviation.com/analys...ustomer-431110

Thanks for the clarification. Good to know.

[SQ957]

I don't think SQ's SMx series A359s are 278T. I believe PR was the 1st operator of the 278T version.
I believe they're 275T versions.

PR never operated a 278t version of the A350- Airbus never actually offered it. All of PR’s A350s have so far been 280t models.

According to this CAPA analysis:

https://centreforaviation.com/analys...ustomer-431110

In mid Jul-2018 Philippine Airlines (PAL) also took delivery of an A350 with the aerodynamic improvement package and the 280 tonne MTOW. PAL initially ordered six A350-900s with an enhanced MTOW of 278 tonnes in 2016, and can benefit from the improvement package as it operates ultra long range routes.

[SQKevin]

I don't think SQ's SMx series A359s are 278T. I believe PR was the 1st operator of the 278T version.
I believe they're 275T versions.

I think you are right. PR was the 1st operator of the 275t versions. Thanks for pointing that out. I overlooked that.

[9V-JKL]

My bad. Yes, it's 278t for the standard A350-900. I have edited my post.

I don't think SQ's SMx series A359s are 278T. I believe PR was the 1st operator of the 278T version.
I believe they're 275T versions.

[SQKevin]

9V-SHA has landed at Changi bringing the SQ A350-900 fleet to 30.

[Spaniard]

Looks like SHB will be taking up CGK in between ADL runs. Covering SQ964 at the moment

[SQKevin]

Aren’t all SQ longhaul (standard) A350-900s 275 tonnes? A MTOW of 268t tonnes would be too insufficient for a nonstop SFO-SIN flight.

My bad. Yes, it's 278t for the standard A350-900. I have edited my post.