Singapore Air to Cancel 11 Return Flights

[SQtraveller]

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[soarbeyond]

No one is ever onboard these flights.
I flew the 345 to LA and there were only 3 pax onboard.

[kris]

No one is ever onboard these flights.
I flew the 345 to LA and there were only 3 pax onboard.

The London flights are almost always full though...

[SQfanatic]

I hope it's not San Francisco, because I am flying on the 19th via HKG and coming on the 28th via ICN. If this affects my return back, I might have to cancel my SQ iteniary and go with another airline. I reserved this ticket for 1450. It isn't cheap though, so if I'm one of the pax if SFO is cancelled what can I do or what can SQ do?

[haf]

See what airlineroute.net has to say about it and then it will be official!

[itami]

FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS TO NEWARK (EWR), LOS ANGELES (LAX), LONDON (LHR) AND FRANKFURT (FRA)

Please note that the following flights between Singapore and Newark, Los Angeles, London and Frankfurt will be cancelled during the forthcoming holidays:

Affected Flights:

Cancelled Flight Dates
24 – 25 Nov 2010 (Thanksgiving), 25 – 26 Dec 2010 (Christmas), and 31 Dec 2010 (New Year’s Eve)

SQ22 (SIN – EWR)
SQ21 (EWR - SIN)

24 – 25 Nov 2010 (Thanksgiving) and 25 – 26 Dec 2010 (Christmas)
SQ38 (SIN – LAX)
SQ 37 (LAX - SIN)

25 Dec 2010 (Christmas)
SQ308 (SIN – LHR)
SQ319 (LHR – SIN)

31 Dec 2010 (New Year’s Eve)
SQ326 (SIN – FRA)
SQ325 (FRA – SIN)

[sealalula]

A sign of SQ losing money

[Dr. HFH]

A sign of SQ losing money

Not necessarily, -- you base this on anything other than your speculation? Maybe they know that those flights will be empty on holidays and want to avoid wasting money flying empty planes.

[Gunnar Smithsen]

Maybe they know that those flights will be empty on holidays and want to avoid wasting money flying empty planes.

Among the other costs that would be associated with flying those "empty" planes..

[jjpb3]

A sign of SQ losing money

Not necessarily, -- you base this on anything other than your speculation? Maybe they know that those flights will be empty on holidays and want to avoid wasting money flying empty planes.

Agreed. It's quite a leap of logic to go from the cancellation of specific flights to the airline losing money overall.

[Dr. HFH]

A sign of SQ losing money

Not necessarily, -- you base this on anything other than your speculation? Maybe they know that those flights will be empty on holidays and want to avoid wasting money flying empty planes.

Agreed. It's quite a leap of logic to go from the cancellation of specific flights to the airline losing money overall.

In fact, a little research shows that it wasn't just speculation, it was groundless fabrication by this SQTalker.

SQ Returns to Profit in Q4 of 2009

SQ Q1 2010 Profit Is US$560M Turnaround From Q1 Loss Last Year

SQ Q2 2010 Profit is US$409M Turnaround from Q2 Loss Last Year

(Headlines are mine.)

Case closed.

[Kyo]

I think it does make sense as I was on two of these 25 Dec flights the last two years running and there were very few people on board. It was the closest I've come to almost being switched into R

[Nick C]

groundless fabrication by this SQTalker.

OT: Just wondering... are schools in Singapore having their holidays now?

[soarbeyond]

OT: Just wondering... are schools in Singapore having their holidays now?

Only the Polytechnics are having holidays

[jimyvr]

See what airlineroute.net has to say about it and then it will be official!

It won't appear on the site/blog since it's quite a routine cancellation due to low demand on major holidays....