A380/77W: route and equipment rumours

[SQueeze]

Noooo! Really, really sad to see the end of 77W service to LHR

388=upper deck Y a/c and A38E=all J upper deck?

No. SQ308/319 are the 77W services.

[TerryK]

ZRH(346/345) and LHR(318/321) will go A8E come OCT.

Where will the freed up A388s go?

[SilverChris]

Where will the freed up A388s go?

FRA perhaps?

[Nick C]

388=upper deck Y a/c and A38E=all J upper deck?

A8A & A8B = UD Y (A/B could be the difference in the O/Head compartment design - wild guess )

A8E is the = All J UD

[Nick C]

Where will the freed up A388s go?

Maybe C Checks? The 346/345 & 318/321 combo frees up 3 A8A/A8Bs. So looks like the 3 A8Es will be on captive rotations.

[SINFJ]

Maybe C Checks? The 346/345 & 318/321 combo frees up 3 A8A/A8Bs. So looks like the 3 A8Es will be on captive rotations.

J UD refit?

[Nick C]

J UD refit?

No. 2 more frames are due in AUG/SEP.

[SilverChris]

3x daily whalejet to LHR? First they took away the SkySuites. Now they're taking F off the LHR route....

Where will the 77Ws go to then?

[Nick C]

3x daily whalejet to LHR? First they took away the SkySuites. Now they're taking F off the LHR route....

Where will the 77Ws go to then?

77W is still 308/319 but I won't be surprised if they upgauge it to the 388.

[SQueeze]

Wouldn't FRA deserve the A380s more?
It is a premium route, there is a lot of demand for F and J capacity and it does not have consistent product offering (SQ25/26 vs SQ325/326). And now the competitor is going to deploy their best planes.

Unless the terminal SQ uses in FRA is not A380-ready. Or if there are regulatory issues. Or it is is indeed just not feasible to expand capacity to JFK and they are not willing to drop the tag.

[SilverChris]

77W is still 308/319 but I won't be surprised if they upgauge it to the 388.

Which makes me wonder - IF the 77W service ends, where would they be likely be deployed to?

[MAN Flyer]

3x daily whalejet to LHR? First they took away the SkySuites. Now they're taking F off the LHR route....

There has always been F on all the LHR flights and there will continue to be so.

Please dont say you bought that 'class beyond first' guff, even SQ dropped that silly tag line a long time ago.

77W is still 308/319 but I won't be surprised if they upgauge it to the 388.

It's always been the intention for LHR to go all 380, it's just been a matter of when. The UK GM hinted recently in an interview that this is not far off.

[solitaire]

FWIW, the latest update from my source in response to my query that SIN-TPE-JFK plans may have been shelved:

***Start of rumour update***********

No news of SIN-TPE-JFK route being shelved.

SIN-PEK goes A380 in Nov '11
SIN-FRA-JFK goes A380 in Jan '12
SIN-TPE-JFK starts in Jan '12 using 77W

SQ wants SIN-DEL to be A380, but the Indian authorities will not allow any foreign A380 service until one of the Indian carriers starts it first.

SIN-AKL has a very high chance of going A380, rolling up two daily flights into one.

SQ is mulling a new route via AKL to a South American destination.

******End of rumour update******

[AsiaCommuter]

SIN-AKL has a very high chance of going A380, rolling up two daily flights into one.

SQ is mulling a new route via AKL to a South American destination.

******End of rumour update******

If the rumour is true, please make the AKL onward to Buenos Aires.... that would open up lots options for me!

[MAN Flyer]

FWIW, the latest update from my source in response to my query that SIN-TPE-JFK plans may have been shelved:

***Start of rumour update***********

No news of SIN-TPE-JFK route being shelved.

SIN-PEK goes A380 in Nov '11
SIN-FRA-JFK goes A380 in Jan '12
SIN-TPE-JFK starts in Jan '12 using 77W

******End of rumour update******

Most of that seems to be right, although interesting that you hear the SIN-TPE-JFK flights are still going ahead as the rumour was it had been delayed or dropped.

As it no longer seems to be much of a secret due to some fine investigative work by others , the date for SQ25/26 going A380, all the way to JFK, is 'allegedly' 15 Jan 2012.

Anyone know the new MI destination ?