Business aviation is definitely a world of ups and downs, and that is not a reference to take-offs and landings. For the last three years, Australia has barely seen an A380, and now there will likely be three from Singapore Airlines arriving day by day, two to Sydney and one to Melbourne.
4 SIA A380s a day to Australia
Melbourne launched its day by day Singapore Airlines (SIA) A380 service on Tuesday, and yesterday Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD) welcomed the return of double-daily Airbus A380 services. SIA flight SQ221 departed Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) at 20:43 on Wednesday evening and arrived at Sydney Airport at 05:34 on Thursday morning.
The 2012 Airbus A380, registration 9V-SKT and MSN 092, took 6:51 hours to cover the 6,288 kilometers (3,900 miles). The superjumbo departed as SQ232 at 11:46 and landed back in Singapore at 17:59.
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The second A380 replaces certainly one of SIA’s medium-haul A350-900s, delivering an additional 1,176 seats per week to the Sydney market to support increased demand over the height holiday season. Double-daily A380 operations haven’t been in operation between Singapore and Sydney since January 2020, and now Melbourne and Sydney each have a complete of 4 services day by day. In May SIA has 111 weekly flights between Australia and Singapore, with flights to Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns and Darwin with 737-8 MAX aircraft, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
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Sydney Airport CEO Geoff Culbert has been a robust and vocal advocate for airlines so as to add more capability, although holding back capability will not be a criticism that may be leveled at Singapore Airlines. He said:
In April 3.09 million passengers passed through Sydney Airport, which represents an 84% recovery in comparison with 2019 levels. Domestic traffic has recovered to 86%, and international, which was lagging behind, is rapidly climbing and now sits at 81%.
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