A380 - Master Thread

[schilling04]

Hello, does anyone know when the new Business Class in the A380 will be fly on the route to Frankfurt (SQ25/SQ26)?

Is there a chance for December 2020?
Thanks

[hviswanathan]

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[MainlyMiles]

Seems like for certain dates in May, SQ346/345 (SIN-ZRH) will be operated by B77W instead of the A388V3.

• 4-8 May
• 11-22 May
• 24-28 May

[Not You]

Seems like for certain dates in May, SQ346/345 (SIN-ZRH) will be operated by B77W instead of the A388V3.

[Spaniard]

Definitely SKP could be joining SKN which is presumably being refitted. I’d almost go as far as guaranteeing that none of SKF-K will be looked at for refitting until all of SKL-R is done. SKH is probably just getting some routine maintenance done- those early A380s seem to need a lot of it.

That's a very reasonable possibility, we shall find out in the next few weeks depending on the length of the downtime.

[SQ228]

Could we be seeing an accelerated refit pace as a result of the recent capacity adjustments?

Perhaps a bit early to tell, but: SKH arrived from FRA 6/2 and SKP arrived from SYD 8/2. Rather ambitious to have 3 concurrent refits but would be an indication of the entire fleet being here to stay if they are going ahead with SKH, one of the oldest frames in the fleet right now.

Definitely SKP could be joining SKN which is presumably being refitted. I’d almost go as far as guaranteeing that none of SKF-K will be looked at for refitting until all of SKL-R is done. SKH is probably just getting some routine maintenance done- those early A380s seem to need a lot of it.

[flyguy]

Could we be seeing an accelerated refit pace as a result of the recent capacity adjustments?

Perhaps a bit early to tell, but: SKH arrived from FRA 6/2 and SKP arrived from SYD 8/2. Rather ambitious to have 3 concurrent refits but would be an indication of the entire fleet being here to stay if they are going ahead with SKH, one of the oldest frames in the fleet right now.

Doubt they can have 3 refits at a time even given this temporary capacity as a refit seems to take more than 7 months to complete, which before then, things will be back to normal as before the virus outbreak. Normal A380 operation usually see only 17 of the 19 planes in service and when one more goes AOG, the A380s schedule will result in many delays.
Not sure if SQ will do a refit for the 4 oldest A380 which likely have some wing issues.

[yuuka_miya]

It's possible, there's a JV that needs work:

https://www.flightglobal.com/singapo...136702.article

Although presumably if they do this it probably means they want to fly the wings off the A380s, which may be an issue if oil prices shoot up again and better fuel efficiency is needed.

[Spaniard]

Accelerating refits?

Could we be seeing an accelerated refit pace as a result of the recent capacity adjustments?

Perhaps a bit early to tell, but: SKH arrived from FRA 6/2 and SKP arrived from SYD 8/2. Rather ambitious to have 3 concurrent refits but would be an indication of the entire fleet being here to stay if they are going ahead with SKH, one of the oldest frames in the fleet right now.

[tamago]

SQ856/861 only use B772 for 5/apr n 6/apr. 7/apr is A350LH. 8/apr to 15/apr is A388

Ah good, my bad. Thanks!

[flyguy]

On the refurbishment of the older A380s to ver 3, think SQ may not reconfigure the 4 leased A380s and may even return the planes back earlier as they would be 12 years or more in another 2 years time.

[sbs2716g]

SQ SIN-HKG S20 filed changes so far:

• SQ856/861 cancelled from 30MAR20 to 28APR20, except:
05APR20-11APR20 using B772
12APR20-15APR20 using A388v3
20APR20 using B773
29APR20-02MAY20 using B77W
03MAY20-23MAY20 using A359LH
24MAY20 onwards using A388v3 (tentative?)

• SQ860/863 cancelled from 02MAY20 to 22MAY20
• SQ868/857 swap from A330 to B773 from 01APR20

table: https://i.imgur.com/jl7mVDo.jpg

SQ856/861 only use B772 for 5/apr n 6/apr. 7/apr is A350LH. 8/apr to 15/apr is A388

[tamago]

SQ SIN-HKG S20 filed changes so far:

• SQ856/861 cancelled from 30MAR20 to 28APR20, except:
05APR20-11APR20 using B772
12APR20-15APR20 using A388v3
20APR20 using B773
29APR20-02MAY20 using B77W
03MAY20-23MAY20 using A359LH
24MAY20 onwards using A388v3 (tentative?)

• SQ860/863 cancelled from 02MAY20 to 22MAY20
• SQ868/857 swap from A330 to B773 from 01APR20

table: https://i.imgur.com/jl7mVDo.jpg

[flyguy]

actually HKG dont need the A380 as its morning flights to HKG as it is not full on most of the time epecially weekdays when I took this A380 flight to HKG. Plus the fact that the A380 require at least a almost 2 hour turnaround time in HKG is not too efficent use of aircraft and crew.

[sbs2716g]

SQ will cancelled some A380 flight for SQ856/861 to n from HKg in apr n may. On some days in apr, it will be switch to 777-300 or A350

For some days in May, SQ860 will be cancelled n SQ856 will be changed to A350 (so basically cancelled SQ856 n retimed SQ860)