SIA chiude Atene e Abu Dhabi


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Atene era già stata fatta 'scalare' a Istanbul in tempi recenti, poi riproposta solo per l'estate di nuovo nonstop.
Segue di pochi mesi la decisione pure di Gulf Air, Thai Airways di chiudere i voli sulla capitale greca. Del resto vista la situazione grave ellenica non stupisce, purtroppo.

Abu Dhabi probabilmente per motivi differenti, verrà sospesa anche lei.


Singapore Airlines To Suspend Services To Athens, Abu Dhabi On Weak Demand

Published May 16, 2012

Dow Jones Newswires

SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines Ltd. (C6L.SG) said Wednesday it will suspend flights to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Athens in Greece because of the weak performance of both routes.

The last flights to both cities will depart Singapore on Oct. 26, the carrier said in a statement to the Singapore Exchange.

"The suspensions are in line with Singapore Airlines' policy to match capacity to prevailing market demand," it said.

Singapore Airlines will continue to serve Dubai in the UAE and connections to Athens are also possible on Star Alliance partner airlines through other European cities where it flies, it added.

Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/201...thens-abu-dhabi-on-weak-demand/#ixzz1v1g7VzmT
 
Probabilmente avevano bisogno di liberare una macchina per la MXP-JFK.... :D
 
Su Abu Dhabi la concorrenza è davvero spietata con Etihad, ed Emirates che sta un tiro di schioppo...
 
SQ chiude anche Riyadh

Singapore Airlines W12 Operation Changes as of 18MAY12

by JL
Update at 0700GMT 18MAY12
As per 18MAY12 GDS timetable and inventory display, initial changes to Singapore Airlines’ Winter 2012/13 operation as follows.
Additional changes to come in the coming weeks.

Singapore – Colombo Airbus A330-300 replaces Boeing 777-200/-300
Singapore – Dubai 3 weekly Dubai – Riyadh* sector is terminated, therefore SIA operates daily round-trip SIN DXB and 3 weekly SIN DXB CAI (see below)
Singapore – Dubai – Cairo Airbus A330-300 replaces Boeing 777-200, service operates thrice weekly
Singapore – Istanbul Service reduces from 5 to 4 weekly. This route operated 6 times a week in W11
Singapore – Nagoya 03MAR13 – 04MAR13 Boeing 777-200 replaces Airbus A330-300
*Service to Riyadh cancelled
Previously reported changes:
Singapore – Abu Dhabi – Jeddah 3 weekly service Cancelled. Jeddah service to be re-routed, which will reflect in the GDS in coming weeks
Singapore – Athens Service cancelled
Singapore – Perth 10DEC12 – 31JAN13 Service operates 4 daily, increases from 24 weekly in same period in 2011/12
SQ213 SIN0755 – 1315PER 772 D
SQ214 PER1735 – 2250SIN 772 D
​

http://airlineroute.net/2012/05/18/sq-w12update1/
 
Tra l'altro alcuni voli su DXB proseguono su CAI.
E anche JED stessa fa scalo intermedio da qualche parte.

Insomma si sta indebolendo parecchio in alcune aree SQ.
 
Un articolo interessante su SQ:

No basis to write off SIA, says CEO
By Ven Sreenivasan, The Business Times | Fri, May 18 2012

Any pessimism about Singapore Airlines' future is grossly exaggerated if not misplaced, declares the pilot of the national carrier.
"There is no basis to write off SIA," Goh Choon Phong tells BT. "We are not standing still. We accept that there are new competitors, but that simply provides us the impetus to become even better.
"Networks are fluid and change is a constant. Old markets will diminish, and new ones will emerge. We have to be nimble and adjust wherever we must."
The CEO also rejects the notion that SIA has lost its premium pricing power, saying that it would maintain its premium branding via innovative products and service quality. But in terms of pricing, the airline will be flexible where it needs to be.
Indeed, with a balance sheet boasting assets of some $22 billion and almost $5 billion in cash, SIA has more options than many of its rivals.
What's not in doubt, though, is that Mr Goh is having to take the airline safely through one of the most challenging periods in its four decades of operation.
"This is a notoriously volatile and unpredictable industry," he notes. "We made over a billion dollars in profit the year before, then saw our profit dive down to a few hundred million last year."
Indeed, a host of factors have driven SIA to post its first quarterly loss in more than two years.
The carrier has been buffeted by soaring fuel costs, increasing competition from the Middle Eastern premium carriers on long-haul routes and low-cost carriers on regional routes, and a dive in cargo and passenger volumes on European and American routes.
Six consecutive months of sliding yields culminated in the airline posting a fourth-quarter net loss of $38.2 million, leaving full-year net profit languishing at $335.9 million, down from $1.09 billion a year ago. Revenue for the year ended March 31, 2012, was flat at $14.86 billion.
Operating profit at the company level plunged to $181 million from $851 million for FY2011. The bright spark was SilkAir, which accounted for $105 million of group operating profit of $286 million. At the other end, SIA Cargo lost $119 million amid a continuing slump in the global airfreight market.
This has prompted SIA to refocus on its Asian markets using SilkAir as the bulwark against further downside and re-emphasising its Singapore hub.
Mr Goh says that SilkAir would expand its capacity at a faster pace of 23 per cent in the current year compared with SIA's 3 per cent as it capitalises on fast-growing markets of Asia and the Pacific. The regional airline has already put out requests for proposals (RFPs) to buy next-generation, single-aisle jets from Boeing, Airbus and regional jet makers such as Bombardier.
But the emphasis on SilkAir has got industry watchers wondering whether the group, which built up a reputation as the world's leading premier airline, is on the retreat.
Mr Goh, a 22-year veteran at SIA who took over Chew Choon Seng early last year, dismisses such suggestions.
"Don't get us wrong. We're not scaling down SIA to grow SilkAir. We are growing SilkAir to strengthen SIA. In a volatile and unpredictable business, you have to stay nimble and responsive, and adjust to changes in the operating environment. You must make hard decisions when market conditions require you to do so."
"Our long haul, especially to US and Europe, is under pressure due to economic conditions," Mr Goh points out. "So SIA's long-haul business will grow at a slower rate."
The story is very different in Asia. And this is reflected in SilkAir's growth.
"But Silkair is part and parcel of SIA," Mr Goh stresses. "It can fly to secondary cities which SIA does not fly to. Besides this, the liberalisation in the transferability of the air rights enables SIA to use SilkAir to adjust capacity to cities around Asia."
He cites Calcutta as an example, where SIA uses smaller Silkair A320s on days when traffic is low. In short, SilkAir will add to SIA's strength and connectivity through the fastest-growing markets in the world.
"The biggest challenge," Mr Goh says, "for this industry is fuel price. The question is how to mitigate the impact."
But the danger from volatile fuel prices is magnified in a weak traffic environment.
"We saw fuel price rise past US$160 per barrel in mid-2008, but we managed to remain profitable because traffic was still strong and yields were holding up. Today, a smaller rise in fuel price has a disproportionately higher impact because of weak demand."
Would SIA consider hedging against crude rather than jet kerosene?
"Our hedging policy is straightforward - to moderate the impact of the price rises. We don't engage in fancy hedging activity to try to beat the market."
Still, he does not write off the possibility of hedging against crude itself, if the need arises. For the current year, SIA is hedging a quarter of its needs at US$126 per barrel.
Looking ahead, Mr Goh sees the SIA group remaining a dominant and profitable player - in both the premium and budget segments of the air travel market - riding the growth of the Asian markets and serving the world.

http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/1113294/No_basis_to_write_off_SIA_says_CEO.html




 
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