Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) will end non-stop services to New York’s Newark Airport and Los Angeles, the world’s longest commercial flights, next year because of rising fuel prices and slower demand for intercontinental trips.
By: KabirT - 30th October 2012 at 13:45
Yep…they are guzzlers. Even Emirates is having issues getting rid of their 345s.
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th October 2012 at 12:31
Shame about the A340-500’s demise on this route.
They don’t seem to be popular anywhere any more, given, I presume, their four-engined drinking habit. They are beautiful-looking aircraft.
By: Arabella-Cox - 27th October 2012 at 09:19
Airbus have announced a sale of more A380s and A350, they be buying back the A350 as part of the bargain. How long that takes is another question.
By: symon - 27th October 2012 at 05:38
Does SIA fly the A380 from SIN-LAX? I got the impression from the article that it is only the Business Class only A340-500 direct flights that are stopping?
By: steve wilson - 26th October 2012 at 23:05
What does the future hold for Singapore’s fleet of A340-500s then. What other routes do these jets operate on?
Steve.
By: KabirT - 26th October 2012 at 14:01
They used A340-500s.
By: Arabella-Cox - 26th October 2012 at 12:35
Wasn’t an A340-600 used on these routes given its ultra-long-range capability?
By: Matt-100 - 25th October 2012 at 22:56
I can understand the Newark cut… but LA? 😮 Were the loads really that bad on the A380 that the route deserved a complete cut rather than a capacity downgrade?
I suspect they’ll be back, those 40 A350s have to go somewhere 😉 …or will all those A350s be flying from Europe to Australia? :diablo:
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October 25, 2012 at 10:38 pm