MEL-SIN 777's

[Greatfox]

I was wondering, what type of 777 services SQ's MEL-SIN and vice-versa flights, and which of these planes have regional configuration and those with spacebeds?

[KeithMEL]

SQ218/217 - 772/3 with regional config, 77W later in the year with the new stuff
SQ238/237 - 772/3 with regional config

The other pair of flights, SQ228/227 is a 744 with Spacebeds.

[Greatfox]

with regards to the IFE, which planes are AVOD and which aren't?

[KeithMEL]

The 744 will most definitely have AVOD.

The rest will depend on the specific aircraft - I'm sure one of the others will come along in a sec to tell you the probability of getting AVOD on the 777s.

[singaporu_kooku]

I believe, there are 5 B773 with no AVOD, 9V-SWA to 9V-SWE...
and 16 B772 with no AVOD..
Not sure if this has changed/updated

[SQflyergirl]

I believe, there are 5 B773 with no AVOD, 9V-SWA to 9V-SWE...

SWA-SWE are 77W's. Do you mean SYA-SYE?


And yes, as Keith says I'm sure there's somebody out here who can tell you exactly, but he hasn't been seen in a while.

[jhm]

And yes, as Keith says I'm sure there's somebody out here who can tell you exactly, but he hasn't been seen in a while.

Yes, I hope he's okay and has just been busy with other things. He posted the first reply to my first ever post on TOF and jolly helpful it was too!

[singaporu_kooku]

SWA-SWE are 77W's. Do you mean SYA-SYE?


And yes, as Keith says I'm sure there's somebody out here who can tell you exactly, but he hasn't been seen in a while.

Oh my mistake... It shld be SYA-SYE... >_<

[blast-off]

Based on my previous experience flying MEL-SIN vv....the chances that the 777 flights who do not have AVOD are quite low...only flew with no-AVOD aircraft twice out of 30 flights taken for this sector....

Also, based on info from TA in melb...SQ 237/238 will be upgraded to 744 with Spacebeds during end of year peak season....so would be double 744 and 77W...

[KeithMEL]

Based on my previous experience flying MEL-SIN vv....the chances that the 777 flights who do not have AVOD are quite low...only flew with no-AVOD aircraft twice out of 30 flights taken for this sector....

That's consistent with what I've experienced.

[9V-JKL]

Also, based on info from TA in melb...SQ 237/238 will be upgraded to 744 with Spacebeds during end of year peak season....so would be double 744 and 77W...

Its already in the schedule.
28/Oct'07- 24/Feb'08

[zhiw3n]

I can't wait for the 77Ws to land at Tullamarine! And maybe, hopefully, someday we'll see the A380s here as well...

[The High Flyer]

The 744 will most definitely have AVOD.

I believe all 744s have AVOD, apart from the hated SMT?

The rest will depend on the specific aircraft - I'm sure one of the others will come along in a sec to tell you the probability of getting AVOD on the 777s.

OK, in his absence, let me try this out.

For the 3-class Regional 772 series, ie. the 9V-SQ* birds:
The first 8 out of the 14 birds (SQA to SQH) DO NOT have AVOD. That leaves 6 birds which do. Thus the probability of scoring an AVOD = 42.857142857%.

For the 2-class Regional 772 series, ie. the 9V-SR* birds:
The first 8 out of the 31 birds (SRA to SRH) DO NOT have AVOD. That leaves 23 birds which do. Thus the probability of scoring an AVOD = 74.193548387%.

For the Regional 773 series, ie. the 9V-SY* birds:
The first 5 out of the 12 birds (SYA to SYE) DO NOT have AVOD. That leaves 7 birds which do. Thus the probability of scoring an AVOD = 58.333333333%.

Of course, the fleet also comprises the 772ER series (9V-SV* birds) and 773ER series (9V-SW* birds) aircraft, but these are long-haul config aircraft, so they're not covered in this discussion. For the record, all (100.000000000%) of the aircraft in these series come with AVOD.

Hope the above helps!

[blast-off]

Its already in the schedule.
28/Oct'07- 24/Feb'08

Oh...I think around mid-end of Jan its actually revert back to 773 then back to 744 for feb...This is from what I checked today....its probably due to school period starting around those months hehehehe..

[RJA]

Also, based on info from TA in melb...SQ 237/238 will be upgraded to 744 with Spacebeds during end of year peak season....so would be double 744 and 77W...

Interesting, I thought SQ had a shortage of 744s. Perhaps they'll use an ex. MH aircraft here as only one aircraft is needed to maintain a daily SQ237/8. Not sure when the second aircraft (9M-MPC/9V-SPS) is due for delivery.