Sigapore A380 Utilisation

[Grahame Hutchison]

Based on the arrival and departure times below, 9V-SKE was sitting on the ground in YSSY for around 10 hours, not great from a utilisation point of view. Emirates were in the same position a few years back until they decided to fit in the Sydney-Auckland and Sydney-Christchurch sectors in the middle of the day, not so practical for Singapore because of their existing direct flights from Singapore to both these cities.

It will be interesting to see how the rotations work out for Qantas as they move towards an A380 fleet with 5 aircraft. Qantas will have the advantage of running in both directions, London and Los Angeles, so potentially could have good utilisation times.

9V-SKE SQ0221 23/12/2008 06:58 Singapore Airlines A380-841 <----- Singapore-Sydney
9V-SKE SQ0222 23/12/2008 17:24 Singapore Airlines A380-841 <----- Sydney-Singapore

From what I can see on global ACARS transmissions, the Singapore A380 fleet had the following rotations over the past 7 days ....

9V-SKA
Sydney - Singapore
Singapore - Tokyo Narita
Tokyo Narita- Singapore
Singapore - Sydney
Sydney - Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow- Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow- Singapore

9V-SKB
London Heathrow- Singapore
Singapore - Sydney
Sydney - Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow- Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow- Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow

9V-SKC
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow- Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow- Singapore
Singapore - Tokyo Narita
Tokyo Narita- Singapore
Singapore - Sydney
Sydney - Singapore
Singapore - Tokyo Narita

9V-SKD
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow - Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow - Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow - Singapore
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow - Singapore

9V-SKE
Singapore - London Heathrow
London Heathrow - Singapore
Singapore - Tokyo Narita
Tokyo Narita- Singapore
Singapore - Narita
Tokyo Narita- Singapore
Singapore - Sydney

[James Smith]

From Airline Fleets News, Singapore Airlines will commence daily A388 services to Paris from 1 June, 2008 replacing 10 weekly 777-300ER services.

[Nigel C]

From Airline Fleets News, Singapore Airlines will commence daily A388 services to Paris from 1 June, 2008 replacing 10 weekly 777-300ER services.

So, have they commenced this route, or was this a typo?

[Andrew McLaughlin]

So, have they commenced this route, or was this a typo?

Typo I'd say - they're running 77Ws at the moment, A380s from June 2009.