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Singapore Airlines
is converting five of its Airbus A340-500 ultra-long-range aircraft into an all-Business Class configuration, for daily flights
between Singapore and New York, and Singapore and Los Angeles.
The current 2-class, 181 seat, arrangement will be replaced with 100 of the
airline’s new award-winning Business Class seats, in a 4-abreast, 1-2-1, layout. Each seat is upholstered in leather, and is 30 inches (76 cm) wide.
Every seat will have direct access to the aisle, and will convert to a fully-flat bed. The new Business Class seats are the same design as
those fitted on the airline’s A380 and
Boeing 777-300ER fleet.
Singapore Airlines Executive Vice President Marketing and Regions, Mr Huang Cheng Eng, said the change recognises the popularity from
business travellers for the award-winning Business Class products introduced on other aircraft type.
“The new Business Class is being very well-received by our customers on long-range flights. The new product is the perfect fit for the
ultra-long-haul services between Singapore and the USA.
“The peak demand for the non-stop flights is from our Business Class customers, and this change will expand Business Class capacity
from 64 to 100 seats on each flight,” Mr Huang said.
The implementation will be phased in gradually from mid May, 2008, on the Singapore-New York route, with daily services in the new
all-Business Class arrangement to New York by end June, and Los Angeles by late September, 2008. The program will require each of the
five A340-500 aircraft to be retrofitted in turn.
Singapore Airlines flies 46 times weekly between Singapore and the USA, with multiple daily flights serving Los Angeles, San Francisco and
New York. The daily non-stop flights to Los Angeles and New York are complemented by other one-stop flights to each destination daily.
And in March, Singapore Airlines will add Houston to its route network with a four-times-weekly flight from Singapore, via Moscow.
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