SQ delays its A380 flights

[SilverChris]

Sounds worrying, especially since I have an LHR flight coming up.

http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/Util...up.jsp?msgId=1

[feb01mel]

Well.. SQ apparently will delay its A380 flights, whatever that means...

http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/Util...up.jsp?msgId=1

SQ 221 & SQ 227 have been delayed to 2300 hours departure, and per website, aircraft change to old regional 773.

SQ 345, 317, 333 are all delayed.

[MAN Flyer]

Not a surprise. If I were flying SQ in the next few weeks I would be preparing for the possibility of being TG'd.

[LottieM]

this could cause travel chaos if Emirates need to do the same - but safety must come first

[SilverChris]

To make things more worrying for me, SQ sent me a text and an email telling me of a possible delay of my SIN-LHR flight. I wanted to switch to the 77W flight but turns out, it's full.

Who knows, maybe I'll end up going via FRA

[LottieM]

when is your flight silverchris? one of my friends is due on the a380 from sin to lhr mid next week but no text from sq as yet

[SQflyergirl]

this could cause travel chaos if Emirates need to do the same - but safety must come first

EK's birds are powered by GP7270's , not Rollers - so I doubt the same issue applies. But yeah, I've got an SQ 380 leg coming up soon too

[Russ]

Return flights from Europe are all running about 5-6 hours behind schedule - 1100 hrs departures pusehd back to 1600-1700 hrs

[Kyo]

Doubt I'll get TG-ed on SQ to a better bird down to MEL next week, but here's hoping...

[zilchster]

Now ChannelNewsAsia is reporting SIA transferring pax from the A380 to the B777.

I wonder why they cannot x-fer the pax to the Boeing 747. It sucks to get the old 777-300.

[zilchster]

SQ 322, SQ 334, SQ 638 Nov 4 depature all delayed by about an hour.

SQ 231 Nov 5 departure also delayed by about an hour

[SIA5390]

SQ 322, SQ 334, SQ 638 Nov 4 depature all delayed by about an hour.

SQ 231 Nov 5 departure also delayed by about an hour

Was at the airport and heard them announce. Hope my flight in Dec won't be affected.

[globetrekker84]

Now ChannelNewsAsia is reporting SIA transferring pax from the A380 to the B777.

I wonder why they cannot x-fer the pax to the Boeing 747. It sucks to get the old 777-300.

Not enough of them lying around I presume.

I wonder if SQ has a contingency plan for when things like this happen.

[Nick C]

Not enough of them lying around I presume.

I wonder if SQ has a contingency plan for when things like this happen.

The monkeys in suits will be so royally screwed.

[dreamwatch]

I'm due to fly out on SQ317 on Nov. 20th. Obviously I want to fly safely like anyone else, but I do hope they find the engines are all ok and continue service. I really like that bird. Fingers crossed for all of us scheduled to fly the Whalejet this month.