Melbourne to London via SIN?

[Rangalad]

No, it was QF9 via Dubai. Leaving Melbourne at midnight meant I could fly down to Melbourne and get a days work done, before arriving into Dubai at 6am, and then on to Heathrow at 2pm. I could do that run and function at the other end. Even going via Singapore would-be ok, with a mid afternoon arrival. Getting in at 6am is the pits.

The route has an interesting past.

QF007 SYD/MEL/PER/BOM/LHR 747-200
QF009 SYD/MEL/BOM/LHR 747-300
QF031 SYD/MEL/SIN/LHR 747-400
QF029 SYD/MEL/HKG/LHR 747-400
QF009 MEL/DXB/LHR A380

 

[offshore171]

It’s a bit of a shocker that passengers from Australia’s biggest city would be forced to go via Perth or Sydney, and Qantas will have vacant slots in LHR and SIN.

Only if you limit yourself to Qantas though.

Singapore airlines is the obvious alternative if you’re set on Singapore routing, but there’s plenty of similar 1stoppers eg: Cathay, Thai, Malaysian, Emirates etc.