Coronavirus : Flight cancellations and contingencies

[MAN Flyer]

It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next few weeks and months as bookings are starting to dry up over the medium term apparently. An exhibition I should be attending in Singapore next month has been cancelled and put back to later in the year.

[SQ025]

SQ will have to deal with a broader drop in demand over the next few weeks. The loads are also starting to drop on other routes in the region than to/from China (heard of 25% loads on HKG routes). People in SIN try to avoid travelling and people from outside SIN will try to avoid SIN.

[sbs2716g]

as per routeonline, SQ reduce the flights to China/HK in march.

guess there should be more changes to other destinations.

Singapore Airlines last week filed inventory changes for service to Hong Kong and Mainland China, for the month of March 2020. As of 0400GMT 10FEB20, planned adjustment as follows.

Singapore – Beijing 01MAR20 – 28MAR20 SQ802/807 open for reservation (1 daily instead of 3 daily)
Singapore – Guangzhou 01MAR20 – 15MAR20 1 daily service not opened for reservation
Singapore – Hong Kong 01MAR20 – 28MAR20 4 of 6 daily open for reservation
Singapore – Shanghai Pu Dong 01MAR20 – 28MAR20 SQ830/833 open for reservation (1 daily instead of 4 daily)

[kevin-sg]

as per routeonline, SQ reduce the flights to China/HK in march.

guess there should be more changes to other destinations.

If SIN is closed to arriving and transiting Chinese passport holders as well as others who have been China over the last 14-days, doesn't it mean that the SQ flights from PEK and PVG are only carrying returning SG passports and people with SG work passes? Is there still demand for a daily flight, I wonder?

[flyguy]

Did made a check on flights to PEK during end Feb and notced that SQ doesnt operate daily and for some of the flights, it is actually code share on Air China. Do agree that even once a day flight to PEK and PVG on SQ widebody plane would not likely fill up even half the plane, but I suppose that there's a need to have some connectivity. But perhas SQ can make use of its smaller Silkair 737 for the flights instead of the much larger 787 or 350.

[yuuka_miya]

I'd argue that codesharing on Air China may be the better option in the short to medium term, since I doubt even MI cabin crew will want to risk flying to China and making things worse.

CAAC - bless their souls - have apparently requested Chinese airlines "maintain their international connectivity" unless local regulations prevent them from doing so. So if Air China want to set money on fire and send a widebody, why not SQ help out and put some more pax on their flights?

(it's Sam Chui, but you know...)

[sbs2716g]

SQ1/2 will skip HKG n only fly direct between SIN/SFO from 17/feb.

[yuuka_miya]

SQ1/2 will skip HKG n only fly direct between SIN/SFO from 17/feb.

Skipping HKG both ways? Are yields really trash enough for them to do that?

[Not You]

Skipping HKG both ways? Are yields really trash enough for them to do that?

Yes, SQ002/001 will be operating direct to SFO using A359 (Long Haul Variant) from 17FEB20.

[yuuka_miya]

Yes, SQ002/001 will be operating direct to SFO using A359 (Long Haul Variant) from 17FEB20.

OK then that's much better than a half empty 77W.

That means 3 nonstops to SFO on some days, including the 3 weekly ULR?

Also China service changes - 1 daily to PEK and PVG, 3 weekly CAN, MI 1 weekly Chongqing and cancelling everything else:

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-12feb20/

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-12feb20/

[flyguy]

Still not sure if pax traffic can support 2 daily SIN-SFO non-stop and a third on some of the days in the coming weeks.

[SINFJ]

Skipping HKG both ways? Are yields really trash enough for them to do that?

Don’t know about SQ but CX has reduced SIN HKG to 3 to 4 flights daily.

[Triniflyer]

Yup I was scheduled to go on sq01 on the 22nd. Aircraft switched out to a350. Longer non stop flight but thankfully no stop in hk. I wonder what all the hk bound passengers would now have to do.

[flyguy]

Just send my cousin off to T3. From the PIE before turning to the EVP to airport, where one can see the "newer" remote bays, one can see quite a number of planes esp Scoot and Silkair parked and also a much higher number like 6 SQ widebodies parked where normally would only be about 2 planes parked. Looks like Scoot have easily half its fleet down because of its stoppage of flights to China and even saw 2 Scoot 787s parked and Silkair would have at least 35% of its fleet grounded as a result of cancelling its China flights and even for SQ easil would see 10% or more of its fleet parked which translate to about 12 planes.

[Bitterroot]

OK then that's much better than a half empty 77W.

That means 3 nonstops to SFO on some days, including the 3 weekly ULR?

Also China service changes - 1 daily to PEK and PVG, 3 weekly CAN, MI 1 weekly Chongqing and cancelling everything else:

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-12feb20/

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-12feb20/

SQ34/33 are suspended on Wednesdays from 19 February, and suspended entirely from 15 to 28 March. GDS says the normal schedule (northern summer) resumes 29 March, but we'll see....

Inventory for SQ2/1 is zeroed out Monday, 23 Feb., Mo, Th, Sa the weeks of 2, 16 and 23 March, and Tu, Th, Sa the week of 10 March. On the days when SQ2/1 show open inventory, and SQ34/33 are not operating, the seat map for SQ2/1 shows the ULR configuration....