Or is the lack of desired slots, or aircraft, going to put paid to it ?.
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I don't think SQ has any interest in more 5th freedom flights right now, especially to New York City. NYC is already well-served with the daily EWR nonstop and the JFK one-stop via FRA, I doubt SIN-NYC demand warrants another one-stop flight. Moreover I think FRA-JFK does sufficiently well to be maintained, unlike DME-IAH which became MAN-IAH.
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Originally posted by SQ002 View PostThis is sad to hear. Wish SQ would use HKG as a fifth freedom hub and would operate more flights to US from there.
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Originally posted by flyguy View PostBelieved HKG have more flights to the US and CX hav a number of flights to US cities, and SQ do not think will have any advantage by using HKG for its US flights.
I guess that only exist in dreams now as SQ can operate ultra-long flights to/from US w/o using HKG as a hub.
SQ if you're seeing this, there are fans in/around HKG who would choose to fly you over other carriers if you use HKG as a major 5th freedom hub.
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Weren't they trying to reduce their 5th freedom flying? Besides, this just means that Singaporean airlines have been given the right to fly between the two cities, not just SIA (though realistically SIA is the only one of any scale capable of that)
Either way, TYO-NYC is a pretty saturated market between the JL/AA and NH/UA JVs. Hard to see SIA getting a piece of the pie unless they join the UA/NH one, and that's still unlikely given their history.
Originally posted by oliverdave View PostInteresting. Many possibilities here. Cease FRA and start HND? Or make it 3 flights to NYC?Last edited by yuuka_miya; 31 December 2019, 02:34 AM.an infrastructure geek
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Believed SQ will take it up as its hard to get Japan's 5th freedom right and if SQ do not take it up, will possibly lose this right in near future. Although this TYO-NY route is saturated, but its worth a try for SQ as no other Asian airlines have got this traffic right from TYO-NYC except for Japanese and US airlines. SQ will likely use one of their SIN-TYO flights to extend to New York.
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Originally posted by yuuka_miya View PostWeren't they trying to reduce their 5th freedom flying? Besides, this just means that Singaporean airlines have been given the right to fly between the two cities, not just SIA (though realistically SIA is the only one of any scale capable of that)
Either way, TYO-NYC is a pretty saturated market between the JL/AA and NH/UA JVs. Hard to see SIA getting a piece of the pie unless they join the UA/NH one, and that's still unlikely given their history
I think the demand is enough for SQ to go into this route.
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