Singapore Airlines: new first class, business class launch Nov 2
By David Flynn, September 1 2017
Singapore Airlines will reveal its all-new Airbus 380 first class suites and business class seats on Thursday November 2, ahead of the delivery of the first of five new superjumbos to join the fleet.
The Star Alliance member will unveil the new products at an international media launch event held in Singapore.
Also tipped for the grand reveal are new designs for premium economy and economy class, resulting in a tip-to-tail refresh for the decade-old design of the A380s.
The new seats are expected to be retrofitted to most of Singapore Airlines' existing A380 fleet.
As previously reported by Australian Business Traveller, the new first class suites will be larger than their current counterparts, although there'll be fewer of them – with between six and eight suites on the new birds, down from 12 today, although there's speculation that the airline could also offer an oversized 1A 'apartment' suite.
First class will also be relocated to the upper deck, instead of the nose of the superjumbo’s main deck.
Arrayed behind those suites will be redesigned business class seats which will stretch all the way to the end of the upper deck.
(This same business class seat will also appear on a new ultra-long range version of the Airbus A350 due in late 2018, which Singapore Airlines will use to restart non-stop flights from Singapore to Los Angeles, New York and a third as-yet-unnamed US destination.)
Sydney is still believed to be earmarked as a launch route for the new Airbus A380, with London to follow.
David Flynn is the Editor-in-Chief of Executive Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.
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Couldn't possibly be worse than the 787 business class seat, I am only 5'9 and couldn't stretch out unless I laid on my side (with some weird hole to put your feet in). Even with the seat in the upright selection, I was on an angle with my shoulder in the aisle. Probably the worst business class product I have seen recently. And apprently it's 'the latest' for SQ - total fail in my opinion. Staff weren't the best either, really don't know what has happened to SQ - everything about them used to be great! And please don't get me started on their lounges in SIN!!
I came back on QF, and --wait for it-- the staff were much more friendly (they must have hired some new ones) and the A330 seat soooo much better than SQ's 787 seat. Won't be traveling with SQ in business class again, so many better products out there.
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Most people have no clue what a B787, A350 or B777 is or could tell the difference if they tried. Horrific, but true.
That said, Aussieflyer seems to know that it was a A330 on Qantas coming back, so the mind boggles a bit.
SQ will be flying the B797-10 in the near future, but not at present (launch customer if I'm not mistaken).
I'm siding with @rrysp and concluding that he got B787 and A350 confused 🤷♀
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Although I would think that if you are in economy, you would DEFIANTLY appreciate the extra room and comfort offered by the A350 over that "Nightmareliner", Boeing calls the B787😜
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The aircraft type is stated on the emergency & safety card amongst the reading materials in each seat.
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I end up flying economy a lot more often than I would like and that information can be a make or break as to whether I book that flight or not.
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I have just changed my Feb 2018 SQ SIN-MEL flight to an earlier one because they have reverted the A380 back to B777. So now I'm on the A350.
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I got my MEL-SIN-MEL business flights for Feb 2018, back in Mar 2017, and as late as 2 weeks ago, changes the SIN-MEL sector to an earlier flight on the A350.
I could never afford F class, and won't go for it even if I have the $. I don't sleep on flights, therefore the suite will be wasted on me. I'd much prefer to go on at least 2 or 3 more business class flights with that F class airfare. J class comfort is more than enough for me. :p
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