Singapore Airlines - A340 All Business Service to New York, Los Angeles
Singapore Airlines have started the first trans-Pacific all-business class service, flying daily from Singapore to both New York and Los Angeles. All-business class servces across the Atlantic have been operating over the last 4 years with the likes of Privatair and L'Avion. |
Singapore Air will convert 5 Airbus A340-500 aircraft into an all-business format. This is by far the largest aircraft to be fitted into an all-biz scheduled operation - Privatair uses Boeing 737s and A319s, ANA also uses 737s, L'Avion uses a Boeing 757. (Bankrupt Maxjet and Silverjet operated Boeing 767s).
The SIA A340s will have 100 seats on board with a 1-2-1 configuration meaning every seat will have aisle access. Seats are lie-flat with 64" pitch and with a width of 30".
The daily Singapore to New York Newark flights commenced in May 2008. Flight time is a whopping 19 hours: departure is at 1050 from SIN, landing at EWR at 1750. The flight leaves EWR at 2300 and arrives back in SIN at 0550 (+2 days).
A daily SIN - Los Angeles LAX service will start in September 2008.
Flight prices for NYC to SIN will be on the high side, in the region of $7,500 - $10,000 for a return.
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