Summary
- Unsurprisingly, Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways dominate the world’s 13 most-served Airbus A350 routes.
- Singapore-Hong Kong will be the leading market in the first week of June, with 90 weekly flights each way.
- London Heathrow to New York JFK is the only European and North American airport pair to feature.
The A350, both the -900 and -1000 variants, will operate more than 430 international routes in the first week of June, whether multi-daily or just once. That finding is based on examining the entire schedule of the type using the latest data supplied by airlines to OAG.
13 routes with 20+ weekly A350 flights
The following table details them. Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways stand out. That’s hardly surprising: Singapore Airlines is comfortably the world’s largest user of the A350-900 (and the sole operator of the famed -900ULR), while Qatar Airways is for the A350-1000.
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Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying
Details are based on the first week of June; they will vary at other times. The 20-weekly cut-off point is strictly adhered to; several routes have 19 weekly flights and are excluded. The A350-900 operates all routes unless the -1000 is stated.
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It does not feature in the table, but is nonetheless signifciant.
|
A350 flights: first week of June* |
Airport pair |
Airline (weekly flights**); all are A350-900 unless stated |
|---|---|---|
|
90 weekly (12 to 13 daily) |
Singapore-Hong Kong |
Cathay Pacific (55 weekly), Singapore Airlines (35) |
|
41 (five to six daily) |
Singapore-Shanghai Pudong |
Singapore Airlines (21), China Eastern (13), Air China (7) |
|
28 (four daily) |
Singapore-Jakarta |
Singapore Airlines (28) |
|
28 (four daily) |
Singapore-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi |
Singapore Airlines (21), Cathay Pacific (7) |
|
24 (three to four daily) |
Singapore-Melbourne |
Singapore Airlines (21), Turkish Airlines (3) |
|
21 (three daily) |
Doha-Denpasar Bali |
Qatar Airways (21; 14 on the A350-1000) |
|
21 (three daily) |
Doha-Milan Malpensa |
Qatar Airways (21; 1 on the A350-1000***) |
|
21 (three daily) |
Doha-Rome Fiumicino |
Qatar Airways (21) |
|
21 (three daily) |
Singapore-Brisbane |
Singapore Airlines (21) |
|
21 (three daily) |
Singapore-Doha |
Qatar Airways (21; 3 on the A350-1000****) |
|
21 (three daily) |
Singapore-Seoul Incheon |
Singapore Airlines (14), Asiana (7) |
|
20 (two to three daily) |
Hong Kong-Osaka Kansai |
Cathay Pacific (20; 7 on the A350-1000) |
|
20 (two to three daily) |
London Heathrow-New York JFK |
Virgin Atlantic (20; A350-1000) |
|
* Each way |
** Each way *** June 2 **** June 1, 4, 6 |
Singapore to Hong Kong
No international airport pair is as essential for the A350 as Singapore-Hong Kong. In the examined seven days, the 1,379 nautical mile (2,555 km) link has 90 weekly flights on the widebody type.
Photo: Cathay Pacific
When all equipment is considered, the A350 operates 80% of the Singapore-Hong Kong passenger flights. On June 2, for example, the type’s schedule from Singapore is as follows:
- 01:45: CX714
- 06:30: CX692
- 07:25: SQ874
- 08:00: CX710
- 08:40: SQ882
- 09:45: CX658
- 12:55: CX690
- 13:05: SQ894
- 15:30: SQ896
- 16:05: CX734
- 18:00: CX716
- 19:00: SQ898
- 20:10: CX636
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