Centre For Asia Pacific Aviation, 29 Jan 2009
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced further network cuts amid softening demand for travel across its network until the end of Mar-09, with the exception of the Middle East, where it is adding capacity to Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Cairo and Dubai.
SIA is reducing capacity to India and Europe and is cutting frequency on the all-Business Class Los Angeles and Newark non-stop routes from daily to five times weekly on each route. According to SIA, the Tuesday and Wednesday services, where demand is lowest, will be suspended - with some media reports this week suggesting load factors in the 30s on some flights.
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