Singapore Airlines triples in London: three flights a day with A380 this summer
Connections to London are the golden goose for so many airlines. Dubai/London is the route that [...]
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Connections to London are the golden goose for so many airlines. Dubai/London is the highest yielding route at Emirates, just as New York/London is one of the busiest routes in the world.
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This is also true for Singapore Airlines, which flies four times a day between the two cities during the peak season. From mid-June to the end of July, three of these flights will be operated with the A380, making available 18 first-class suites every day.
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Unable to increase flights at Heathrow Airport, the world's busiest airport and where slots, landing/departure rights, are sold by the pound and where again this summer there is a fear of returning again to the Airmageddon of summer 22.
Therefore, in order to be able to carry more passengers, the only option is. Use larger planes. Singapore Airlines still has A380s available e, After taking it out of Frankfurt, here is SQ's move to place a third daily flight from Singapore to London on its flagship.
With this choice Virtually half of Singapore's A380 fleet will be used on this route at the expense of connections to India (which will consequently be downgraded to 777/300s).
The most beautiful chair in the world
Numbers in hand Every day there will be 18 seats in suites and 234 seats in the new business class available in each direction per day, while the fourth daily flight will continue to be operated with the 777/300 outfitted, however, with the old first and biz seats.
This change will bring many more available award seats, but I doubt that there will be as many Suites available on this golden goose. It does, however, open up new opportunities, especially For those willing to gamble on the waiting list.
Award tickets on this route range in cost from 42 thousand KrisFlyer points, for an economy saver seat, to 225k points for a suite seat.
The increase in capacity obviously leads to an increase in potentially available seats and it is possible to find business class tickets at 103,500 points, more complicated to hunt for the Suite without having to stand in line.
In conclusion
Three flights a day on the same route with the A380 for Emirates is small potatoes (given that it has more than 100 giants of the skies), but for Singapore Airlines, which has only 11 of this model, it's a different matter altogether. Sure it's only a six-week change, but it's still the peak of the summer season and the Asian carrier chose to go all in by putting its flagship and best seat on the most profitable route in its entire network.
