Am I the only one who thinks SQ is vastly overrated? Well trained flight attendants but mediocre food and outdated BC seats. Also, their contract lounge in SEA is forgettable. I think Delta’s newer planes are competitive.
Nah....you're just hard to please. SQ is great all round. Except for some of the BC seats which are being phased out soon. Also. why are you judging SQ on a lounge you admit is a contract lounge??
Nah, you just see through the marketing BS and fanboy influencers because it used to be a good redemption.
SQ is solid, but it's not going to blow DL away like many here thinks. (see Tim, I also say nice things about DL, when it's actually TRUE)
With D1 lounge in SEA and their A350s, all they need is a bit better catering to give SQ a tight race.
and DL does have a hub it controls at SEA which is far more valuable to feed a SEA-SIN flight than on the SIN end.
AS and SQ do not have a close relationship any more and that is probably why DL is moving forward w/ SEA over LAX, if that is indeed what they appear to be doing.
The real question that has not been discussed is how soon DL intends to start SIN, presumably from SEA as Ben surmises. Given that DL execs have said that DL will return to SIN, completing a return to all of the major E. Asia cities DL served prior to the NRT hub pulldown except for Beijing, it would seem that DL’s return to SIN will be within 18 months and likely sooner; even a winter 2027 SIN start would support a route announcement within the next couple months. A start in mid-summer 2026 would support an announcement within weeks.
The A350-1000s are supposedly on track for delivery in the early spring of 2027 and likely will enter service in early summer. 35K deliveries for 2027 are still heavily loaded in the back half of 2027 but the first 20 of what will certainly be a fleet larger than 20 will be coming pretty quickly so DL’s route growth will accelerate in the latter half of 2027, into 2028 and into 2029 when the next wave of 359s and 339s start coming.
Even w/ DL’s stated intent to return to SIN on top of MNL and HKG, DL has not given firm plans for starting LAX-ICN and JFK-ICN, both of which DL is certain to fly on its own metal. DL execs also just said that they want to fly AJS-ICN on their own metal which means that there will be non-hub or focus city routes from ICN to the US flown by both DL and/or KE.
DL execs said their TPAC expansion would be aggressive and they are proving that they intend to add new routes quickly.
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Re comment about SIN completing a return to all major East Asian cities served by NWA: Let's not forget that Delta also served Bangkok, Busan, and Guangzhou (plus little but important Guam). If Delta is serious about being a major player in Asia and a truly global airline, it needs to return to these cities and add more Asian destinations like Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Convincing China Southern to repartner and perhaps join Skyteam (big ask) would be wonderful. China Southern is a 4-star airline but it's planes and service are better than Korean Air, in my experience.