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Originally posted by 9V-SIA View PostSIN-EWR & LAX?
When SQ announce withdrawal of 5xA345 they also announced order for 5xA380.
If you read the forums, A380 can almost do the nonstop flights
With improvements....
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Originally posted by CarbonMan View PostWow! That's radical! How much pax would they need to shed? According to Wiki the newer a388's designed range of 8,300nm and co-incidentally SIN-EWR is about 8,300nm!
http://www.sqtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10513
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Originally posted by zilchster View PostCan the 380 do HKG-SFO non-stop?Originally posted by zvezda View Post
Yes, and vice-versa, no problem. The WhaleJet can fly SIN-SFO nonstop, no problem, but not SFO-SIN (yet). The improved WhaleJets that will be delivered starting in 2012 or 2013 will be able to fly SFO/LAX/NYC-SIN nonstop with reasonable payload limitations and I expect SQ will exercise their 6 options specifically to do so.
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Just exchanged emails with a SQ captain friend. He doesn't fly 380s but he feels it'll be a real stretch to get it to fly SIN-EWRvv. But not impossible it would seem. These pilots like to talk with so many caveats, they sound like my lawyer.
Perhaps we should start a petition to SQ.
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The databases show SKL out of action for a week it seems. Whether it was intended to fly SQ227 I don't know. Both MEL flights are usually SKA-K upper-deck Y series.
SYG is certainly out of place on SQ227. SQ237 often gets a 77W now and then on a random basis. The two might have been linked, but SYG is also replacing SQ228 today as well- they could have had it return as SQ238 and had the 77W wait to become SQ228.
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9V-SKL is grounded due to some damage suffered during maintenance
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As hinted to on the FB site, the expansion is in Indonesia, including a nice early morning departure to DPS and a much-needed 6pm return from CGK (I've spent way too many evenings in Esplanade Lounge waiting for the 7pm after missing the 5pm).
http://airlineroute.net/2013/05/07/sq-jul13/
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