Singapore Airlines : SQ : SIA

La compagnie aérienne Singapore Airlines (SIA) a annoncé jeudi une perte nette de 307,1 millions de dollars de Singapour sur le trimestre clos en juin par rapport à la même période de l'année précédente, soit son premier résultat trimestriel déficitaire depuis six ans.

Singapore Airlines posted a 13% fall in passenger traffic in July as the global economic downturn continued to affect demand.
RPKs fell by 13% from a year before, higher than the 12% fall in capacity, says the Star Alliance carrier. As a result, the passenger load factor fell by 1.3 percentage points to 79.7% from 81%.
In real terms, the number of passengers fell by 14% to 1.44 million in July.
"The global economic slowdown continues to impact on travel demand," says SIA. "With the exception of East Asia, West Asia and Africa, all other route regions registered lower passenger load factors compared to last year."
Cargo traffic fell 15% in terms of freight tonne kilometres and capacity dropped by 19%. As a result, cargo load factors improved by 3.3 percentage points to 63.6%, says SIA.

SEVRIEN a écrit:Bonsoir chers tous ! Nouvelle intéressante ! ........................
Ici on nous confirme nos écrits qui remontaient à 2006, … et, même , en réalité vers l’an 2000, … soit en montrant que l’A380 est une machine capable de faire efficacement du ‘point-à-point’ / « point-to-point » & du‘hub-à-hub’ / « hub-to-hub ».
Et cela confirme nos dires que :
-- pour tout ce qui concerne les ’gros porteurs’ / « wide-bodies »…..
« point-to-point » = quasiment « hub-to-hub »,

-- avec ou sans un contexte « d’open skies comme terrain de jeu », le débat sur la fragmentation opposant les B787 & l’A380 fut un « faux sujet »’, destiné à détourner le regard du fait que Boeing eût perdu la course vers le premier « Super Jumbo » de première génération, dans ce qui allait être le vrai terrain de la concurrence ! Et dans la mesure où il n’y aura pas de vrai « BWB » (‘Blended Wing-Body »), à grande capacité, avant un certain temps, l’A380-90 stretch ‘(déjà prévu, ainsi que ses moteurs) va enfoncer le clou de ce verdict, … de cette évidence !

Car, pour des décennies à venir, les « mid-size wide-bodies » allaient utiliser tout autant qu’auparavant les « hubs » pour leurs itinéraires « point-to-point », et qu’il y aurait relativement peu de développement d’aéroports ‘secondaires’ nouveaux ou existants, pour accueillir des masses de B787 ou d’Airbus concurrents (A350-XWB).
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Singapore Airlines will fly the A380 to Zurich beginning in February, a ZRH spokesperson told the Neue Zurcher Zeitung. SQ reportedly will cease its 12-times-weekly 777 SIN-ZRH service and replace it with a daily A380 flight.

Ce qui j’ai écrit immédiatement ci-dessus est réfléchi de la manière la plus probante dans le projet décidé de SIA.
Singapour & Zürich sont des aéroports de départ et de destination à part entière (« fully fledged « / « in their own right »). Ils sont aussi des « major hubs ».
SIA a compris qu’il pouvait, en seul avion, réunir en confort 450 à 500 passagers, qui pourraient se disperser en Suisse, à partir de Zürich, comme lieu d’arrivée (retour au bercail, ou de début de séjours pour affaires ou tourisme… etc. ), ou « hub de correspondance » vers d’autres destinations !

L’A380 met dans l’ombre et en pièces le B777-300ER (271 / 274 sièges, config. 3 classes std., selon les normes modernes de confort spacieux (pour rendre ce dernier compatible avec l’A380, en terme de confort ! ) . Quelle qu’en soit la formulation, les coûts, ramenés au « passenger seat-mile », ou au « trip », par passager, sont nettement en faveur de l’A380 ! Il suffit de penser aux 12 voyages A/R par semaine pour les B777-300ER par rapport aux 7 voyages hebdomadaires de l’A380 ! SIA a vu, compté et revu, avant de décider !..............................................

Chez Boeing tous ses créneaux de prod'n sont pris, ne laissant aucune possibilité de livraison du -8I avant la mi-2010, au plus tôt. Et tout le monde sait que :
-- le fait de son positionnement entre les A340-600/ B777-300ER & l'A380 en terme de sièges est attractif, mais loin d'être le seul critère;
-- les calculs avancés pour "passenger-seat-mile costs & passenger-seat -mile revenues" (je ne traduis pas) sont aléatoires. Les avantages des "trip cash-costs" plaident largement en faveur de l'exploitation multi-fréquence, sur des routes journalières bien ciblées, par des avions de ligne de la génération moderne, et de taille plus petite, d'où toute la stratégie du B787 ;
-- au mieux le B747-81 sera un 'spoiler', un ralentisseur des ventes de début de vie de l'A380, soit le nouveau HUB MACHINE;
-- -8I ne s'insérera aisément dans aucune flotte du point de vue des cycles exploitation & maintenance, &, dans cet état d'orphelin, aura vite une valeur résiduelle faible ;
-- SIA a choisi, le rejetant par 2 fois, même si -8F continue à l'intéresser.

Même s'il y a des ventes de -8I, le nombre en sera faible. Pour revenir à notre point de départ, il y aura même PEU de CANDIDATS à la RECONVERSION en 'freighter' plus tard. Cet aspect-là est bien une vue de l'esprit des ingénieurs !

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has posted a net loss of S$159 million ($114.5 million) during its fiscal second quarter mainly due to higher fuel prices.
This is a S$482.8 million drop from the net profit of S$323.8 million that the Star Alliance member reported a year before.
While the results are an improvement from the net loss of S$307 million that SIA reported in its fiscal first quarter, the carrier remains on track to report its first full-year loss as earlier forecast.
Revenues fell by 30% to S$3.08 billion in the three months to 30 September, and expenditure was 21.3% lower at S$3.26 billion, says SIA. It posted an operating loss of S$181.4 million, versus an operating profit of S$231.7 million a year before.
"Fuel costs ex-hedging for the second quarter at S$942 million was S$202 million higher than the previous quarter, while losses from fuel hedging fell S$87 million to S$200 million," says the group.
For the first six months of the fiscal year, Singapore Airlines itself had an operating loss of S$428 million, compared to a profit of S$495 million a year before. Regional subsidiary Silkair lost S$5 million, SIA Cargo lost S$193 million and maintenance arm SIA Engineering posted a profit of S$47 million.
Group RPKs for the six months fell by 15.6% while capacity, as measured by ASKs, were 13.1% lower. As a result, the passenger load factor was 2.3 percentage points lower at 75.6%.
The group says that it has adjusted flight capacity to match lower demand, and has withdrawn and suspended several services in the reporting quarter. "Advance bookings indicate that demand for air travel has stopped declining and is gradually recovering," it adds.
Yields have fallen due to promotional pricing on flights across SIA's network, with the carrier adding: "The market conditions allow for some rollback of promotional pricing but yields are unlikely to get back to pre-crisis levels within the next six months."
Fuel hedges for the October-March half of the group's fiscal year have been contracted for 3.5 million barrels, at an average of $100 per barrel. "If the recent rise in price of fuel does not retreat, hedging losses will be reduced, but conversely operating cost will be higher," says SIA

Singapore Airlines Engineering has completed the first 'C-check' on an [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and hopes to do A380 heavy checks for other carriers.
The first 'C-check' has been completed and the aircraft worked on has local registration 9V-SKA, it says.
A second 'C-check' is due to be completed on another aircraft this year, it says, adding that next year there will be one 'C-check' in total.
The work this year is being done at an SIA Engineering [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] hangar but the company has a purpose-built A380 hangar under construction that is due to be completed next year, it says.
Completing heavy checks on A380s is a challenge because of the A380's height and "the electronic systems in the aircraft are very sensitive so keeping the aircraft cool is a challenge", says the company, referring to Singapore's tropical environment.
The other challenge is getting engineers classified to work on the A380, it says, adding that "many new tools are being used" and it was a challenge getting - within a short span of time - proficiency in using the tools.
SIA Engineering has spoken in the past with Qantas Airways about co-operating on maintenance of A380s but SIA Engineering's spokesman today declined to comment on this when contacted by ATI.
He was only willing to say, the company wants to do third-party A380 work and the work it can do for others includes A380: line and heavy maintenance, component maintenance and overhaul, technical training and engine changes.
SIA Engineering owns 100% of Aircraft Maintenance Services Australia which can support the A380 in major Australian airports, the company adds in its statement.
The airline operates the A380 to Sydney and Melbourne as well as to Hong Kong, London Heathrow and Tokyo.

Singapore Airlines plans to operate Airbus A380 aircraft on its Singapore-Zurich route, replacing the carrier's Boeing 777-300ERs.

From 28 March (2010), a daily A380 service will replace the 12-times-weekly 777-300ER service, says the Star Alliance carrier.
"Zurich will be the third city in Europe and the seventh in the SIA network to receive the A380," it adds.
SIA has no competitors on the Zurich route, according to Innovata. This route mostly caters to business travellers.

SINGAPOUR, 2 fév 2010 (AFP)La compagnie aérienne Singapore Airlines (SIA) a annoncé mardi avoir renoué avec les profits au dernier trimestre 2009 après avoir passé les deux précédents dans le rouge.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has decided to retrofit 11 of its [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-200s that mostly operate on routes to China and India.
The Star Alliance carrier says the 11 777-200s will be refitted with a new interior that draws on elements from SIA's [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A330s, Airbus A380s and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 777-300ERs.
It says the first retrofitted 777 will appears on the Singapore-Shanghai route on 23 February and the other 777s will be progressively introduced between April and August.
The other routes that will use these 777s are from Singapore to: Beijing, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hong Kong and Chennai.

Singapore Airlines A380s stealing market share, Airbus claims.

The A380 is proving a winner on medium-range routes and is lifting passenger loads by up to 8%, Airbus claims.

Speaking exclusively to ATWOnline in Singapore, Director-Product Marketing-A380 Richard Carcaillet said Singapore Airlines is delighted with the aircraft's performance on the medium-range Singapore-Hong Kong and Singapore-Tokyo Narita routes.
On the Narita service, SIA, the dominant carrier on the route, has lifted its passenger count by 8% after introducing the A380 while all other airlines have experienced declines, according to Sabre booking data analyzed by Airbus and supplied to this website. ANA dropped 13%, JAL 19%, United Airlines 22% and Delta Air Lines 7%.

While some of the decrease can be attributed to the economic downturn, these figures, which heretofore have been confidential, cover the period of May-December 2008 before the full impact of the downturn was felt. SIA and Qantas are averaging an 83% load factor across their A380 flights, Airbus says.

Carcaillet also told this website that SIA's A380s are achieving a 20% reduction in fuel burn over the 747-400.

He said this supports Airbus figures that show the A380 with 525 seats has an 8% fuel burn advantage over the yet-to-fly 405-seat 747-8. Airbus has adjusted its seating figures to reflect the new business class flat beds, while Boeing claims there is just a 100-seat difference between the two jets.

On reliability, Carcaillet said the A380 had a 97% technical dispatch record in the first year, which compares favorably with the 777 at around 98% and is well ahead of the 747-400, which swung between 89% and 93% when it entered commercial operations. Airbus is targeting 98% reliability for the A380 this year. The first major batch of software upgrades was introduced on Ship 33, the first for Air France, and these are "making a difference," he said. The upgrade is being refitted to the other 26 aircraft in service. The A380 has generated approximately 100,000 revenue flight hr. on 10,000 flights.

On the production front, Carcaillet said Airbus will deliver 20 aircraft this year, including three that were supposed to have been delivered in 2009. "We are at 1.5 aircraft a month and moving up to two a month by year end," he noted.
by Geoffrey Thomas

Le nouveau produit de Singapore Airlines va être proposé sur de nouvelles destinations.

Présent à bord des A330-300 de la compagnie, il impliquera le remplacement des Triple Sept opérant actuellement sur les liaisons concernées par les long-courriers européens.

Les nouveaux A330-300 sont aménagés en configuration biclasse, avec trente fauteuils en classe affaires et 255 sièges en classe économique.
Ces derniers sont les derniers introduits par Singapore Airlines dans sa flotte, notamment dans les A380 et les B777-300ER.

Déjà présents sur de plusieurs destinations en Australie et au Japon, ils seront déployés vers Male, Abou Dhabi, Jeddah et Koweït City dès le 28 mars.
Ils seront ensuite placés sur les liaisons vers Fukuoka et Taipei le 28 avril puis vers Colombo le 1er mai.

Singapore Airlines exploite actuellement neuf A330-300 et devrait en recevoir dix autres cette année.

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Dublin based lessor, AWAS, has delivered another Airbus A330-300 aircraft to Singapore Airlines.

AWAS took delivery of the aircraft from Airbus in Toulouse on Friday and from there it was flown to Singapore.

The A330-300 is the fourth of six that Singapore Airlines is leasing from AWAS, out of a total of 19
A330-300s that the airline will be acquiring.

JMD_21 a écrit:Les 19 A 330 seront, sont en operating lease via LCI où ne sont pas comptabilisés les 6 A 330 d'Awas

Moteurs Trent entretenus avec Total Care par SAESL.
( JV entre SIA Engineering & RR )