Singapore Airlines suspends 65 services per week

Singapore Airlines is to implement a series of service reductions from late March in response to softening demand in the past few weeks attributed to concern about the situation in the Middle East.

A total of 65 services per week will be suspended. The proposed service suspensions from Singapore are outlined below.

SIA's local offices will be endeavoring to contact passengers as soon as possible to provide details of the flight changes and to make arrangements for their bookings onto other scheduled services.

Services to Europe

· All services to Brussels and Madrid will be suspended from 30 March to 31 May 2003.

· Frankfurt will be reduced from 14 per week to 12 per week between 6 April and 31 May 2003.

· Manchester will be reduced from seven to six per week from 7 April to 31 May 2003.

· Amsterdam will be reduced from seven to five per week from 9 April to 31 May 2003.

Services to the United States

· All services to Las Vegas and Chicago will be suspended from 7 April to 31 May 2003.

· San Francisco will be reduced from 14 to ten per week from 9 April to 31 May 2003.

· Los Angeles will be reduced from 14 to 12 per week from 7 April to 31 May 2003.

· New York will be reduced from 11 to nine per week from 6 April to 31 May 2003.

Services to North Asia

· Seoul will be reduced from 22 to 20 per week from 9 April to 31 May 2003.

· Hong Kong will be reduced from 41 to 33 per week from 9 April to 31 May 2003.

· Nagoya will be reduced from seven to five per week from 8 April to 31 May 2003.

· Fukuoka will be reduced from seven to five per week from 1 April to 31 May 2003.

· Hiroshima will be reduced from four to two per week from 1 April to 31 May 2003.

· Taipei will be reduced from 20 to 16 per week from 1 April to 31 May 2003.

· Kaohsiung will be reduced from three to two per week from 1 April to 31 May 2003.

Services to South East Asia

· Jakarta will be reduced from 49 to 42 per week from 1 April to 31 May 2003.

· Denpasar-Bali will be reduced from 28 to 21 per week from 1 April to 31 May 2003.

· Surabaya will be reduced from nine to seven per week from 1 April to 31 May 2003.

· Kuala Lumpur will be reduced from 49 to 42 per week with the withdrawal of one daily flight from 24 March.

Services to West Asia and Africa

· All services to Mauritius will be suspended from 15 April until 31 May 2003.

· Dhaka will be reduced from seven to five per week from 7 April until 31 May 2003.

SIA has said it is continually monitoring the international situation and shall make adjustments to match capacity with demand where necessary.