Today Singapore Airlines is launching nonstop flights from Singapore to Seattle with the Airbus A350-900, making Seattle their fourth US destination served directly from Singapore, after Newark, Los Angeles, and San Francisco (which also happen to be the first, fifth, and ninth longest flights in the world). The new flight will initially operate 3x weekly,…
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Brilliant marketing for a new route. Reminded me of "Welcome to Narita" which I stumbled on a while back which, if you listen closely at the beginning, seems to have some announcements made at Narita in the background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV7O-B9WD08
Maybe time for them to make a "Welcome to Haneda" 😉
How can Singapore and Hongkong make non-stop service from SEA work, but not Delta?
Do they lose money on this route? Does Delta not try?
Why does Singapore use the A350-900ULR to LA and the regular A350-900 to San Francisco and Seattle? The regular surely has the legs to reach. United used to do it with a 787 before they cut the route.
@brian Maybe Singapore makes more money filling up the ULR (all business/prem econ) vs a 900 to LA.
@WestCoastGuy That is the most amazing thing I've ever heard! I could listen to that for hours
Two things.
Beijing Daxing. SIN PKX is only 5.5hrs. SIN PKX USA is in some cases, faster than nonstop flights, potentially, SIN NYC, SIN BOS. There is a reason why Delta's SIN office is jointly named with China, you know. Nonstop flights aren't necessarily faster.
SQ's justification of SEA SIN cites a focus on high value leisure passengers such as skiing at Whistler. So I think, SEA SIN will not work for DL. For ULH, there must definitely be some O&D. SFO SIN, yes. NYC SIN yes.
LAX SIN isn't, since it leans more on Indonesian investments in Los Angeles. It's not a coincidence that SIN LAX is a same plane service from CGK. This is partly why SQ is struggling on the route apparently.
The only flights viable for DL, is ATL SIN, and JFK SIN.
Second.
Is it not obvious that DL serves the interests and related interests of the US military? With Singapore politically neutral but moving from US leaning to China leaning, isn't it obvious that DL will pull out?