Coronavirus : Flight cancellations and contingencies

[SQ957]

SIN-BKK (SQ 712/711) will swap to a 77W operation from 4 Jan, replacing 78X.

[Jumbojet Lover]

Originally Posted by flyguy

Not sure if its time to go daily to all 3 US destinations by 19 Jan 2021. SIA just reported the last quarter pax fall and as some have mentioned the load factor of flights to US is on average 20-30 pax and even some days are just single digit. Although cargo is good but its better for SIA to use more cargo flights using its 747 which can carry up to 120 tins of cargo instead of using passenger aircrafts with belly hold of 14-16 tons only. The fuel costs alone for using passengers' planes to US is very substantial and considering SIA hedged and bought its fuel at a much higher price than what jet fuel have been in the last few months. And the pandemic in US is still very high now and could even be expected to be higher due to the Christmas and New Year break that could see US having its highest ever infection in January.

I'm as surprised that SQ is going daily to LAX, SFO and JFK, however I'm sure SQ knows exactly what they're doing with the data they're getting, the cargo they've carried or will carry. Who knows, maybe pharmaceutical companies have booked cargo space for shipping vaccines from the US to Singapore, South East Asia on SQ.

SQ is already utilizing their 747 freighters, all 7 of them, it's not like those are parked sitting idle while only passenger aircraft are carrying cargo. There's only so much they can squeeze out of their freighters, there's just not enough capacity when about half of all air cargo usually travels in the bellies of passenger aircraft and passenger flights are still far from pre-COVID levels, hence freighter aircraft alone is just not enough cargo capacity.

[Not You]

SQ will be deploying the 77W to Ho Chi Minh from today, 21st DEC.

[flyguy]

Wonder if SIA will temporarily stop its 2 daily flights to London in the interests of its crew , as have few European and even HK Cathay have done in view of the high infections and a new strain of the virus. Singapore have meantime ban UK travelers from coming into Changi.

[yuuka_miya]

Originally Posted by flyguy

Wonder if SIA will temporarily stop its 2 daily flights to London in the interests of its crew , as have few European and even HK Cathay have done in view of the high infections and a new strain of the virus. Singapore have meantime ban UK travelers from coming into Changi.

Guess the answer is "just wear more PPE"

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...ghts-returning

[flyguy]

Originally Posted by yuuka_miya

Guess the answer is "just wear more PPE"

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...ghts-returning

Looks like SQ still maintaining the flights and the crew will still be staying 3 nights in the hotel before their next flight back. Still some risks.

[MainlyMiles]

SQ106/105 and SQ126/125 KUL flights swapped from A359 to B77W from today.

F cabin is not sold (as with BKK/SGN routes).

[flyguy]

It's good for SIA to get more 77Ws out of storage into flying status and as the 359s and 787s are doing alot of flying now.

[MainlyMiles]

Yangon passenger flights restart from 15/Jan.

SQ762 SIN0755 – 0920RGN 77W ----5--
SQ761 RGN1025 – 1510SIN 77W ----5--

[MainlyMiles]

Originally Posted by SQ957

Also looks like SQ 632/633 to HND will restart from Jan 18.

HND restart has been pushed back to 09FEB and looks to be scaled back to 3/wk initially. Flight also shifted to the later SQ634/635.

SQ634 SIN1405 – 2140HND 359R -2-4--7
SQ635 HND2255 – 0515(+1)SIN 359R -2-4--7

Daily operation from 01MAR.