Singapore Airlines - A340 All Business Service to New York, Los Angeles
Singapore Airlines operates the first trans-Pacific all-business class service flying from Singapore to both New York and Los Angeles. All-business class services across the Atlantic have been operating since 2002 with the likes of Lufthansa and Privatair. |
Singapore Air has converted 5 Airbus A340-500 aircraft into this all-business format. The A340 is by far the largest aircraft to be fitted into an all-biz scheduled operation. In comparison Privatair and ANA use Boeing 737s on their all-business services whilst OpenSkies uses a Boeing 757. Bankrupt Maxjet and Silverjet operated Boeing 767s.
The SIA A340s have 100 seats on board in a 1-2-1 configuration - meaning every seat has aisle access. The seats lie-flat with 64" pitch and with a generous width of 30". Each seat has a 15.4" TV monitor.
The Singapore to New York Newark flights commenced in May 2008 with a whopping flight time of around 19 hours! The Singapore - Los Angeles flight (which takes around 17 hours) started flying in September 2008. Both flights are currently operated 5x per week:
Singapore
SIN to Los Angeles LAX
SQ38 Departs 1615 Arrives 1745 Mon/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun
Los
Angeles LAX to Singapore SIN
SQ37 Departs 2115 Arrives 0535 (+2) Mon/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun
Singapore
SIN to Newark EWR
SQ22 Departs 1040 Arrives 1750 Mon/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun
Newark
EWR to Singapore SIN
SQ21 Departs 2300 Arrives 0550 (+2) Mon/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun
The LAX service costs from around $5,200 return and the New York flight from $6,000 return for one of the world's best airlines.
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