SIA backs 2-stop flights as Manchester gets A350 boost
SIA deepened its commitment to 2-stop flights after deploying the world’s newest wide-body jet on services that call in at Manchester, northern England, en route to Houston, Texas. The carrier this week upgraded the flight, which it operates under fifth-freedom rights, to Airbus' A350-900 jet, of which it has only 10 in the fleet, from Boeings older 777-300ER. SIA also serves New York via Frankfurt and will fly to Stockholm with a stop in Moscow from May. There may be scope for adding other such routes, Sheldon Hee, its general manager for the UK and Ireland, said. Fifth-freedom flights, once a mainstay of long-haul operations, have become comparatively rare since longer-range aircraft opened up direct trips between most major population centres from the early 1980s. <br/>
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SIA backs 2-stop flights as Manchester gets A350 boost
SIA deepened its commitment to 2-stop flights after deploying the world’s newest wide-body jet on services that call in at Manchester, northern England, en route to Houston, Texas. The carrier this week upgraded the flight, which it operates under fifth-freedom rights, to Airbus' A350-900 jet, of which it has only 10 in the fleet, from Boeings older 777-300ER. SIA also serves New York via Frankfurt and will fly to Stockholm with a stop in Moscow from May. There may be scope for adding other such routes, Sheldon Hee, its general manager for the UK and Ireland, said. Fifth-freedom flights, once a mainstay of long-haul operations, have become comparatively rare since longer-range aircraft opened up direct trips between most major population centres from the early 1980s. <br/>
