Originally Posted by
JW95
Singapore Airlines at STN? That would be a very interesting one. But surely would they not be more inclined to move the service over to LHR or LGW? As regards Air India, I note that the previous routes served from STN (Amritsar and Mumbai) are now being served from LHR only, but maybe they'd go back to Stansted to compete against POP, if it ever takes off?
Same would have been said about Emirates some years ago.Singapore already operate from LHR and can connect onto United’s IAH flights. The idea was it would get good feed from the tech and pharmaceuticals markets in the region particularly in Cambridge.
With Air India the ATQ route was a good choice at STN due to the links to Punjabi diaspora in the region. BOM was initially started as at the time Air India was struggling to gain additional slots at LHR. But was rumoured to start despite gain the nessary slots at LHR at the time.