Singapore Airlines today announced further cuts to its network today.
The cuts will impact both Singapore Airlines and SilkAir.
Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner at Singapore Changi – Image, Economy Class and Beyond
According to the airline, the new cuts will total remove a total of 7.1% capacity from its network between February and May 2020.
The cancellations this time includes further dates with Asian services hit hard, with additional services across the network being cancelled. Note, that in some cases these cancellations are for one or two days at a time and not through the entire timetable.
You can check which date what flight is cancelled at https://www.singaporeair.com/saar5/pdf/media-centre/200224_ReductioninServicesAcrossNetwork.pdf
A brief list of destinations hit:
North America
- Los Angeles
- New York (via Frankfurt)
- San Francisco
- Seattle
Europe
- Copenhagen
- Paris
- Dusseldorf
- Frankfurt
- Barcelona via Milan
- Istanbul
- London-Heathrow
South West Pacific
- Adelaide
- Brisbane
- Cairns (SilkAir)
- Darwin (SilkAir)
- Melbourne
- Perth
- Sydney
Africa and West Asia
- Dhaka
- Bengaluru (Singapore Airlines and SilkAir)
- Chennai (SilkAir)
- Cochin (SilkAir)
- Hyderabad (SilkAir)
- Kolkata (SilkAir)
- Mumbai
- Male (SilkAir)
- Kathmandu (SilkAir)
- Johannesburg
- Colombo (SilkAir)
- Dubai
North Asia
- Beijing
- Chengdu (SilkAir)
- Chongqing (SilkAir)
- Guangzhou
- Shanghai
- Shenzhen (SilkAir)
- Xiamen (SilkAir)
- Hong Kong
- Hiroshima (SilkAir)
- Fukuoka
- Nagoya
- Osaka
- Tokyo-Haneda
- Tokyo-Narita
- Busan
- Seoul
- Taipei
South East Asia
- Brunei
- Phnom Penh (SilkAir)
- Siem Reap (SilkAir)
- Bali (SilkAir)
- Balikpapan (SilkAir)
- Bandung (SilkAir)
- Jakarta
- Makassar (SilkAir)
- Medan (SilkAir)
- Surabaya (SilkAir)
- Yogyakarta (SilkAir)
- Kuala Lumpur (SilkAir and Singapore Airlines)
- Penang (SilkAir)
- Yangon (SilkAir)
- Manila
- Bangkok
- Koh Samu (SilkAir)
- Phuket (SilkAir)
- Danang (SilkAir)
- Hanoi (Singapore Airlines and SilkAir)
- Ho Chi Minh City
The full list can be found here here. Again, the changes affects certain dates in the timetable,
Rebookings
Affected customers will be notified and re-accommodated onto other flights. If you have booked your tickets through a travel agency, please contact your agent for assistance. If you have booked your tickets directly with Singapore Airlines, please contact the SIA reservations team for rebooking information
As usual, with changes like this – check your bookings.
We all know what to blame by now…
If you haven’t guessed, our friend the Coronavirus (or Covid-19) is to blame as the airline makes adjustments to its operation and network. As such the airline will be monitoring the situation and making further changes.
If the outbreak gets worse, expect further adjustments to be made by the airline…
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