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Delayed: Singapore Airlines Plans New First & Business Class, A350 Retrofits

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In November 2024, Singapore Airlines announced a huge investment into its premium passenger experience, which will see the introduction of all-new cabin products, plus the expansion of first class. These cabins will be retrofitted on dozens of Airbus A350s, and will also be available on newly delivered Boeing 777-9s in the future.

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(@Mike O.)
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Is it possible that their business class seats are being supplied by JAMCO just like their previous seats?

And while it does look higher than the status quo of today's business class seats, it still looks...status quo? The finishes look okay, the layout is nothing revolutionary along with tech.

It's certainly better than the product it's replacing.


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(@Harold)
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132 seats on a A350 is crazy to see (and awesome). Qantas is going for 238 on the A350-1000 for project sunrise, which is longer flights. absolutely insane to think they are going to cram 140 economy seats for routes that long


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Diamond
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Possible, though JAMCO has made no public statement on developing a new high end business class seat (they may not if it's exclusively for SQ), however, it certainly does look quite a lot like the Safran Unity from teaser images. Same as the EK teaser images - likely the Unity.


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Based on the window configuration of the already built SQ 777-9s, I believe it appears that there's three window side rows of first class and consider it a distinct possibility. that these aircraft will actually have 10 business class seats (three rows on the outside, two in the middle.


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(@Mike O.)
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It could possibly be based on the JAMCO Quest platform.


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 Trey
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This is actually good news for those that fly Premium Y on the ULRs. SQ's Y+ fares between NYC and SIN are some of the lowest in its fare class and a reduction of 36 seats wasn't gonna help.


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 1990
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SQ21,22,23,24 are awesome flights; sure, the unique seats in J take a little getting used to, but, I agree, those are a treat, and can be a good value to SE Asia.


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(@Joost)
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Jamco is interesting. In 2023, after they delivered KLM's business class seats, they exited the premium seats market in order to focus on galleys and lavatories.
In 2025, Bain capital took a significant share in Jamco and thereafter they decided to return to the market.

Given the timeline of Singapore airlines (plans originally from 2020) I think Jamco is unlikely as it would make no sense to withdraw from a market with a running order.


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(@Joost)
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Jamco is interesting. In 2023, after they delivered KLM's business class seats, they exited the premium seats market in order to focus on galleys and lavatories.
In 2025, Bain capital took a significant share in Jamco and thereafter they decided to return to the market.

Given the timeline of Singapore airlines (plans originally from 2020) I think Jamco is unlikely as it would make no sense to withdraw from a market with a running order.


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(@Joost)
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For the F seats, it looks like they have 4 windows in the 777 per seat. That would give it a similar footprint as the Air France old product (as the new one has 5 windows, in 1-2-1)


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(@Mike O.)
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If you compare the photo to to the side view of the JAMCO Quest platform, the resemblance is strikingly similar. I'm not saying it is, but it's something to take a look at more closely.


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(@Mike O.)
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On top of my comment below, it's interesting to note that JAMCO Aero Design and Engineering (JADE) is a joint venture between JAMCO and SIA Engineering, so it certainly does adds a bit of cred. On top of that, they have worked for years since as far as the first-gen lie-flat product.


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(@AeroB13a)
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We really do like the SQ, F Suites on the A380. However, not so much the current SQ, J seats which we have experienced on the A350. Should they really manage to put the proposed seats on the A350 and 777, then that would be a huge improvement.

In the event that SQ, include a four seat F Cabin (like the AF La Premiere), then in my opinion, that would be a real ‘game changer’. Definitely something to look forward to. With all of the proposed ’new seats’ ‘taking flight’ later this year or next, interesting times ahead.


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(@yiannis93117)
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Honestly, why don't you just wait until it's announced and there's a mockup and true information. No one really cares which blogger is first to put the information out there. It's just a seat.


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 John
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The delay is unfortunate, but SQ will still deliver in better time than LH could ever manage.


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(@Cletus)
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Singapore Allegris?


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(@NOLAviator)
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or you could just p!ss right off since you do not speak for anyone else


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(@AeroB13a)
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NOL, some people just don’t get the real purpose of these ‘early warning’ articles. Ben is very interested in clicks …. because, clicks mean points and points mean flights.

1990 gets it and many others do too, this is why we assist Ben, in his quest for points. In return he does provide some very interesting flight experience reviews.


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Diamond
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Wow, a center first class seat that can be used by one or two people? No idea who has tried and failed at that before!

But I am glad to see SQ F appear on the ULH A359s. Hoping for good awards availability there


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 sidl
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I wonder if its a real production delay of the existing design....or, they went back to the drawing board to change a few features to be competitive and "revolutionary" since other airlines have since announced new seats since SQ's initial teaser....and now this ongoing delay...


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(@Caesar)
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Hey, actually I find the new more extend photo's of those business class in their annual report last year, I put it inside my google drive link, feel free to take a look and do analyze it hahhaa

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14enOi9qh4FyjeFtfv_q6_hGQOeG7NRGp?usp=sharing


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 Enzo
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From the side view their new business class are more like Collins horizon suite on Turkish airlines and air India A350-900 business class


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