SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has made several network adjustments for the upcoming northern winter schedule between October 28, 2012 and March 30, 2013.
Starting August 16, 2012 and lasting throughout the winter, SIA will operate a fourth daily service to Perth, while capacity to Melbourne will be boosted with the Airbus A380 aircraft deployed on two of the carrier’s three daily flights, up from one.
Services to Mumbai will increase from 19 to 21 weekly from the start of winter, while frequency to London (Heathrow) will be raised from three to four flights per day (TTG Asia e-Daily, June 7, 2012).
A daily Hong Kong flight continuing to San Francisco will be operated on the A380 instead of the Boeing 777-300ER between December 28, 2012 and March 24, 2013. This will double the number of Hong Kong flights operated daily with the A380, and marks SIA’s inaugural A380 service to San Francisco.
From December 28, 2012 till March 24, 2013, Tokyo (Narita) will be served by two A380 flights per day instead of one, replacing a B777- 300ER service. The existing A380 flight will continue to operate to Tokyo (Narita) and beyond to Los Angeles.
New Singapore-Riyadh-Jeddah flights will be operated thrice weekly, replacing existing services to Riyadh via Dubai and to Jeddah via Abu Dhabi. SIA will eventually suspend services to Abu Dhabi and Athens from late October (TTG Asia e-Daily, May 17, 2012).
Meanwhile, frequency to both Milan and Barcelona will be scaled back from seven to five times per week, while Singapore-Istanbul services will drop from five to four flights per week.
Singapore-Frankfurt-New York services operated using the A380 will also be switched to B777-300ER from December 27, 2012 to March 24, 2013.
