Incident: Singapore A359 at Singapore on Jun 18th 2016, hydraulic failure

[yflyer]

Hi everyone, may I know if the schedules for the A350 flights have stabilised, now that SMC is back in service? I am booked in Y on the AMS-SIN sector at the end of next week. Current seatmap shows an A350. Hope there aren't any surprises in store...

[SQ228]

Hi everyone, may I know if the schedules for the A350 flights have stabilised, now that SMC is back in service? I am booked in Y on the AMS-SIN sector at the end of next week. Current seatmap shows an A350. Hope there aren't any surprises in store...

Shouldn't be- it's been very consistent for AMS except that one incident very early on.

[yflyer]

Shouldn't be- it's been very consistent for AMS except that one incident very early on.

Thanks! Looking forward to the flight.

[SQ228]

Thanks! Looking forward to the flight.

I tried to get myself onto today's flight out of AMS last year when I booked. Flying out of CPH was about $700 cheaper. I took a bet on CPH going A359 and as I contemplate 9V-SVN sitting at the gate right now, I concede defeat...

[yflyer]

I tried to get myself onto today's flight out of AMS last year when I booked. Flying out of CPH was about $700 cheaper. I took a bet on CPH going A359 and as I contemplate 9V-SVN sitting at the gate right now, I concede defeat...

9V-SVN? That's an old bird all right, although I am sure they have updated the interiors. Have a good flight!

[SQavgeek]

9V-SVN? That's an old bird all right, although I am sure they have updated the interiors. Have a good flight!

Was onboard 9V-SVN about two weeks ago on SQ351, old cabin with newer seat covers and larger screen.

[SQ228]

9V-SVN? That's an old bird all right, although I am sure they have updated the interiors. Have a good flight!

Updated for J, mangled for Y.

The old purple seats were actually really comfortable and the seat backs had a little enclosure with a piece of mesh you could hook things over or around.

They ruined the Y interior by changing over to hard unyielding Givenchy-beige tarpaulins that bunch up and corrugate during a long flight right below the "cheeks". If the screens they installed are bigger, it can't be more than by an half-inch or so and they are just as ancient. The mesh hook thing disappeared- it was perfect to hang watches, glasses or headphones off.

They have to start prioritising getting these old ancient planes off long-haul routes and that is what the first batch of A350s were meant to do until they started having brainstorms over what else they could use them for. CPH isn't an emerging market- it has a huge network of connecting flights and SQ351 was at 100% load capacity in both classes.