SQ B777 withdrawal thread

[Nick C]

Is SVE staying or going to some other carrier?

Staying.

Will either the 9V-SR* or 9V-SQ* birds have their engines re-programmed and take over the European routes or does SQ have other plans?

The current rotations can be sustained with 9 acft.

[fuu99]

Staying.



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That makes me curious as to why they would keep an older bird and dispose of newer ones...

[KC*]

That makes me curious as to why they would keep an older bird and dispose of newer ones...

Buyer's pick?

[bumblebee]

That makes me curious as to why they would keep an older bird and dispose of newer ones...

Lesser flying hours clocked?

[flyguy]

believed some of the birds are leased and SQ is returning them too.

[boing]

I wondered what was going on with that thing, did the damage to the engine happen while it was on the ground at Changi ?.

A bit OT, but the official ans to your question.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20100106X21356&ntsbno=ENG10WA009& akey=1


And seems it's the No 4 engine that was affected.

[Nick C]

Ex 9V-SVF has been handed over to BI.

[fablee]

Ex 9V-SVF has been handed over to BI.

Was her departure on the local flightboard? Is so, what was the dep time from SIN? Thanks.

[aerotransport]

V8-BLB was delivered 10 days ago - ex 9V-???

/ATDB

[a340-313x]

V8-BLB was delivered 10 days ago - ex 9V-???

/ATDB

V8-BLB was previously 9V-SVG.

Coming up, we have 9V-SVA to 9V-SVD leaving the fleet (I guess new regos in sequence, from V8-BLC to V8-BLF).

[Nick C]

SRB is finally gone

[Savage25]

SRB is finally gone

I know a lot of people who would be happy to hear that

[FN-GM]

I know a lot of people who would be happy to hear that

How come?

[Nick C]

9V-SVA has gone to BI as 8V-BLC.

[Savage25]

How come?

SRB the person, not the plane