Singapore Airlines to launch SIN-CGK-SYD and increase SIN-CGK

[9V-SPL]

http://www.ausbt.com.au/singapore-ai...gapore-flights

Flights to be operated by B777-200ER aircraft.

[StarG]

Wow! Didn't see this one coming.
Hope we get the B777-200ER version with long haul products, not SpaceBeds.

[flyguy]

am surprised too - didn't know SIA have 5th freedom rights from Jakarta to Australia. In fact a SIN-GCK-MEL will also do very well.

[9V-JKL]

WOW!

SV-series 772s no less..

[SQ228]

Wow! Didn't see this one coming.
Hope we get the B777-200ER version with long haul products, not SpaceBeds.

Yes, another surprise announcement from SQ!

I think you're quite safe from the Spacebeds most of the time- these days SVF is confined to MLE, occasionally BKK or MNL, just like SRJ/L.

By 23NOV they will have SMF which can effectively free up another 772ER from somewhere. There's already a lot of slack in the SV* fleet with AMS and almost half of JNB flights replaced, and IST is about to reduce its flights per week.

[SQfanatic]

Nice interesting find. But one of two things: CGK flights operate out of T2 and SYD out of T3, what about this new flight? I will safely assume T2 but correct me if I am wrong.

I can assume that one of the CGK routes going 77W 3 times a week (934/937) will more typically than not get 77WN off SQ1 or 77WR (If S class is sold) or a 2006 77W. Mostly CGK when they get 77W its usually been a 77WN (960/961)

[MAN Flyer]

Press release day...

Singapore Airlines is to launch flights between Jakarta with Sydney, and also boost the frequency of flights between Singapore and Jakarta.

The new services, which are subject to regulatory approvals, will be introduced from 23 November 2016 and will be operated with Boeing 777 aircraft.

Flights will be made available for sale on a progressive basis through the various distribution channels.

The new Singapore-Jakarta-Sydney route will be served three times per week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Flights will depart Singapore at 20:15 and arrive in Jakarta at 21:00.

Onward flights from Jakarta will depart at 22:25 and arrive in Sydney at 09:30 the next day.

Return flights from Sydney will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. They will depart Sydney at 11:00 and arrive in Jakarta at 14:35. Flights will then depart Jakarta at 15:35 and arrive in Singapore at 18:10.

Eight new weekly flights are also being added between Singapore and Jakarta.

Four will depart Singapore at 13:50 and arrive in Jakarta at 14:35, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with return flights departing Jakarta at 15:35 and arriving in Singapore at 18:10.

The four other flights will depart Singapore at 20:15 and arrive in Jakarta at 21:00, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with return flights departing Jakarta at 22:25 and arriving in Singapore at 01:10 the following day.

Singapore-Jakarta is already the busiest route in Singapore Airlines’ network in terms of flight frequency, with 63 weekly round-trip services, or nine flights per day.

With the additional services, Singapore Airlines will operate 71 round-trip flights per week between Singapore and Jakarta.

Together with the three flights that will operate on a Singapore-Jakarta-Sydney routing, Jakarta will be served with 74 weekly flights.

Sydney is also a major destination in Singapore Airlines’ route network, with 31 weekly flights to and from Singapore. The new services via Jakarta will increase the number of weekly Sydney flights to 34.

“Indonesia and Australia are already among the most popular destinations in our route network. As a result of healthy demand, we are pleased to be able to offer even more travelling choices with these new Jakarta and Sydney flights,” said Singapore Airlines’ Senior Vice President Marketing Planning, Mr Tan Kai Ping.

http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news16...Airlines.shtml

Wow! Didn't see this one coming.
Hope we get the B777-200ER version with long haul products, not SpaceBeds.

Really?. I thought they would have cleared this with you first...although the service doesn't have your cabin.

[flying.monkeyz]

So will it be out of T2 or T3??

[9V-SPL]

So will it be out of T2 or T3??

Someone asked the same question on Singapore Airlines' Facebook page. This was their response:

"We would advise checking nearer to your date of travel. Thank you."

[SQ228]

Nice interesting find. But one of two things: CGK flights operate out of T2 and SYD out of T3, what about this new flight? I will safely assume T2 but correct me if I am wrong.

I can assume that one of the CGK routes going 77W 3 times a week (934/937) will more typically than not get 77WN off SQ1 or 77WR (If S class is sold) or a 2006 77W. Mostly CGK when they get 77W its usually been a 77WN (960/961)

Quite a dilemma there- two very popular, high traffic destinations but out of different terminals... Might come down to the volume of MI connections. Once they go on sale, a dummy booking would likely reveal the answer, otherwise flipping a coin for now will have to do.

When CGK gets a 77W, it's to keep them busy between longer flights, so it will all come down to which variant of 77W is ready and waiting to serve, not which product would work best on the CGK route IMO.

[SQflyergirl]

Really?. I thought they would have cleared this with you first...although the service doesn't have your cabin.

Outrageous. Not consulting StarG on this, and not providing the usual cabin. What a slap to the face, and a totally unacceptable snub.

[orionmiz]

So will it be out of T2 or T3??

Hmm... When SQ operated SQ376 to Moscow via Dubai last time, which terminal did they use?

[SilverChris]

Hmm... When SQ operated SQ376 to Moscow via Dubai last time, which terminal did they use?

I think it was T2. Even after it became SQ62 it was operating out of T2 for a while.

[SQfanatic]

All CGK flights depart from T2, but dummy booking for SYD flight indicates this new flight will depart T3, meaning all flights except this depart T2.

[MAN Flyer]

Never thought about the what terminal it will depart from. For the sheer importance of the route CGK should be in T3, which is clearly where SQ think the 'important' routes are as evidenced by the vastly inferior lounge offering in T2. Splitting CGK from other Indonesian routes would be a strange way to go though.

Just read the linked article in the first post and am confused by this comment:

It’s believed that passengers will be able to travel between Australia and Indonesia without needing to fly onwards to Singapore – and likewise from Singapore to Jakarta without including Australia – in a similar style to other popular ‘fifth freedom’ flights like Emirates’ trans-Tasman routes.

Who would fly from Singapore to Jakarta via Australia ?!.