Singapore Airlines to Launch All-Business Class Flights From US to Asia
Posted on: Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 09:00 CST
Singapore Airlines is planning to convert its five Airbus A340-500 ultra-long-range aircraft into an all-business class configuration, on daily flights between New York and Singapore, and Los Angeles and Singapore.
The current two-class, 181 seat, configuration will be replaced with 100 of the airline's new, business class seats in a 1-2-1, configuration. At 30-inches, the seats are the widest business class offering in the sky.
Singapore Airlines claims that every seat of its widebody aircraft will have direct access to the aisle, and convert to a horizontal flat bed. The new business class seats are the same design as those installed on the airline's A380 and B777-300ER fleet.
The implementation will be phased in gradually from mid-May 2008, on the New York (Newark) to Singapore route, with daily services in the new configuration to New York by the end of June 2008, and Los Angeles by late September 2008.
Source: Datamonitor
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