Singapore Airlines To Restart Nonstop US Flights In 2018

I love your comment about gas-guzzler A340. Compared to what? A 747SP?

A340 were not as successful as they could have been, but they were not gas guzzlers. High fuel prices just made ULH missions unsuccessful. Competing aircraft such as the more capable 772LR are not performing many ULH missions and have not been much more successful on the market. (i.e. despite its large fleet of 777, SQ did not bother buying some 772LR for that mission)

Le'ts try to analyze and think for a moment instead of regurgitating airliners.net hearsay.

SQ has finally introduced PE across their network. I'd expect a PE/J/FS configuration.

Now, SQ just needs to add EWR-FRA service so you can do RTW on their metal.

Hallelujah!!! You just made my day as I have seriously missed the LAX-SIN non-stop flight. The current routing gets you into SIN at 3:30am which is really inconvient so this is the best news yet.

Was it specifically announced that they are doing EWR-SIN, or is that just the assumption since the previous service was from Newark? It would be really really cool to see a JFK-SIN nonstop where SQ could seriously have an impact of fares on EK, EY, QR, JAL, ANA, CX etc. to SE Asia.

This is very exciting news, being a New Yorker who travels to SE Asia a lot this will make the journey so much easier. I know this is probably an unpopular thing to say, but I do hope they improve the comfort of their business class seat in it's bed position. I've flown them many times and love the space when seated, but at 6'1 I can't sleep stretched out there isn't enough space, more to the point I find the seats very uncomfortable in the bed mode, thin and bumpy, reminds me of being a kid and sleeping on old fold out cots. And when you are on a plane for 19 hours you need some padding to make the journey possible. Kudos to them on the new planes and routes, now could I have a few extra mattress pads? 😉

Great news !!! Let's hope for a Full Business Class Aircraft, and of course, more rewards seats.

Excited for the return of this route. One of my favorite flights was EWR-SIN.

I can't imagine being on this flight in an economy seat!

But I'll gladly take a Singapore Airlines business class seat for 19 hours!

For the people who took the original version, how did you work it? As in, get on, settle in, eat, sleep for a bit, eat, sleep, eat more?

Am I the only one thinking I don't mind a quick connection to get myself moving around, maybe a shower, and get back on for a few hours? I dunno - I've done JFK-HKG on CX a few times, in J and F, and that was pushing the limit of feeling caged and bored for me. Even with Ambien and a full iPad of stuff to watch and read.

Neil-

I tried to get as little sleep as possible the night before. Then you board, have a few beverages, then go to sleep. I sleep a full 6 or 7 hours on this route. Wake up with 10 hours or so to go, have the meal service, watch a movie, walk around the cabin, sleep for a few hours more, wake up, another meal, do some work, land.

Qantas announced yesterday it was looking at Perth to London non-stop. I thought that will be the longest?

According to this article, SQ will be getting their A350s next year in 2016. First route will be to AMS, apparently. Either way, I think it's a great idea to have the non-stop flights back to the USA!
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/sia-to-fly-new-a350-to/2187994.html

I recall it was easier to get an award ticket JFK-FRA-SIN on their A380 when the EWR-SIN non-stop flight was there. After SQ ended the EWR-SIN nonstop flights, it was definitely harder to get a J award seat on the JFK-FRA-SIN route (simply because the folks who would normally fly the nonstop flight started flying this route again.)
Isn't UA ending its JFK operations sometime this month? If so, I wonder if it's better for SQ to switch its JFK operations to EWR since EWR seems to be the star alliance hub of New York City.

They gotta put wifi on those new birds (amaze me how some airlines didn't think about it when they get new birds)

Yaaayy! I can't wait, and would love to do the inaugural with ya!!

Fabulous no more LAX to JFK Changi so much better. Can't wait to see their schedule!! Liked this route as jet lag to Oz was almost on existant.

Why LAX (not a *A hub) and not SFO (which is a *A hub)?

@Minos - Amen.

@italdesign - LAX IS a hub for UA.

Interestingly, the A350-900ULR will feature "increased fuel system capacity within existing fuel tanks" so there won't be any additional fuel tanks, contrary to earlier reports from Airbus, just an optimization of the fuel tank space, increasing from 141,000 to 165,000 liters. I'm guessing due to the higher MTOW, it would feature a tri-axle main landing gear, and perhaps even the more powerful Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines, both of which are distinct features of the upcoming A350-1000. And according to Australia Business Traveller, the A350-900ULR will have 170 seats, more than the 100 Business Class seats on their previous A340-500. So most likely it will be in a 4-class layout (First, Business, Premium Economy and Economy) just like their reconfigured 777-300ERs.

Hi Lucky,

I like your blog with full of information. Kudos to ya lucky. Btw, A340 aircraft do have lots of problem, whenever they touched down to Singapore, after their long flight, there always technical problem, and more, the long flight that SIA had (A340-500) was not on demand, as most of the flight are not fully booked and not making money. Thats the reason why they sell away that airplane, and took more of A330.

http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1395331&sid=779136e919216a76e1912eb082c773e3

Starting in October to EWR.