SIA ups capacity of flights to Tokyo Haneda

SIA ups capacity of flights to Tokyo Haneda

Starting on Saturday till March 21, Singapore Airlines will be operating larger capacity 777-300 aircraft for flight SQ633 from Tokyo Haneda to Singapore, to cater to increased demand.

The larger aircraft will take 332 passengers, about 50 more than the current Boeing 777-300ER.

The flight will depart Tokyo Haneda at 12.30am and make a stop-over at Seoul Incheon at 2.30am, before departing an hour later. It will arrive in Singapore at 9.05am.

This stop-over is to enable a change of crews as SIA's crew operating the flight have been moved to Seoul Incheon due to fears of aftershocks in Tokyo.

There are also changes to the timings for SQ638 on March 16 and March 22, which operates from Singapore to Tokyo Narita.

It will now depart later from Singapore at 3.00am instead of 12 midnight, and arrive in Narita at 10.35am instead of 7.30am. This means the ground time in Tokyo will be reduced by about 3 hours.

There is no change to the departure time of the flight out from Narita back to Singapore, SQ637, which is 11.30am.

From March 17 through March 22, flights SQ12 and SQ11 between Singapore and Los Angeles via Tokyo Narita will also make an additional stop at Osaka Kansai airport.

SIA says this is to ensure that its crew have sufficient rest, as aftershocks are still being experienced in Tokyo.

The flight details and timings are as follows: SQ12 will depart Singapore at 9.45am, arriving in Narita at 5.20pm. It will depart Narita at 6.30pm, arriving in Osaka at 7.40pm. It will then depart Osaka at 8.40pm, arriving in Los Angeles at 2.00pm.

SQ11 will depart Los Angeles at 3.45pm, arriving in Narita at 7.25pm the following day, before departing Narita at 8.35pm, arriving in Osaka at 9.45pm. It will then depart Osaka at 10.45pm, arriving in Singapore at 4.45am the following day.

In addition, SIA is postponing the introduction of Airbus A380 services on flights SQ12 and SQ11 between Singapore and Los Angeles via Tokyo Narita until further notice. The flights will continue to be operated with Boeing 747-400 aircraft.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-