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Old 24th March 2017, 01:54 PM
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Looks like it will be short lived, at least in its current form re equipment and the tasman leg:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-2...-route/8371370

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Singapore Airlines has announced a review of its international flights to and from Canberra, but the company insists it remains committed to the region.

The airline's Singapore to Canberra to Wellington rotation has run four times a week since the first flight touched down in Canberra on September 21 last year.
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Old 25th March 2017, 09:16 PM
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Passenger load out of CBR to SIN is ok, not great across the ditch to WLG. A lot of transiting passengers would make up the numbers continuing on from Singapore. A lot of money would be made for SQ with the cargo part of the routes. Will be interesting to see if it lasts, and to see if QR coming will make any difference
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Old 25th March 2017, 09:41 PM
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Perhaps change to the A330 may occur.
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Old 25th March 2017, 10:07 PM
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The config of 772 used to CBR is 38J228Y, the A333 is 30J255Y....
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Old 26th March 2017, 07:28 AM
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A lot of money would be made for SQ with the cargo part of the routes. Will be interesting to see if it lasts, and to see if QR coming will make any difference
How would a lot of money be made for SQ out of freight, when they carried 280kg to Wellington in total for the month of December???
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Old 26th March 2017, 10:26 AM
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VA will operate the CBR to WLG leg in a 737 ��
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Old 18th May 2017, 08:02 AM
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Sorry to bring up an old thread...

Thoughts on the following link? Does this confirm that the flights are not as strong as Singapore Airlines hopes?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/9264...xpress-service

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Old 18th May 2017, 09:40 AM
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Hardly - they're pulling a total of 3 return flights over a period of almost two-and-a-half months, i.e. less than the equivalent of a week's flights, and at least 2 of the 3 are during school terms. All it shows is that this service, like most airline services, is seasonal and subject to fluctuations in demand.
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Old 24th January 2018, 12:14 PM
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As suspected the service has not worked out, from May 1 its moving the tasman leg to a Melbourne based service and routing via Sydney the Singapore Canberra inbound flights using a 773ER

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-...23-h0ndhi.html

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Old 24th January 2018, 08:47 PM
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Sure, Wellington clearly isn’t going well via Canberra. But flights are increasing to daily so the service is clearly still supported strongly by SQ.

I do think the Canberra -NZ route will be filled. I’m not convinced it’ll be Wellington, though the ACT government is pushing the capital - capital routing.

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