In May 2018 we learned that SilkAir will be merging with Singapore Airlines, and that as part of that they would introduce flat beds on SilkAir’s 737s. We now have some more details.
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@JB not sure how many readers would find that review of use. I tend to avoid FlyDubai because of their pilot rosters (they’re way too overstretched for my liking)
thanks for the info. I've got a couple of Silk Air flights within Asia coming up, this June - too early for the upgraded seats.
I think Singapore's 737-MAX cabin layout will be amongst the best. Definitely much better than any U.S. airlines.
Good move by SQ. The lack of comments about this shows the lack of knowledge about SilkAir amongst your readers.
Lucky: So, I'm flying a Silk Air 737 Max 8, Singapore to Cairns (AUS) on August 1st. Any indication as to how this will be rolled out? Crossing my fingers . . .
About time they folded Silkair into SIA. While the service and planes were perfectly fine it was limiting their customer base as Silkair flights don't credit to Star Alliance partners.
I loathe Silk Air. It is the only option that Singapore Airlines provides while flying to Singapore from India unless you are flying out of Mumbai or Delhi. This is strange because there is great demand for business travellers and these flights are almost always full.
They market it as a regional airline but they are in reality competing with LCCs at full service fares. The service on Silk Air without fail is terrible and it almost always seems to be staffed with trainees. It makes the second leg of the journey on the full blown Singapore airline even weirder because it's hard to imagine that the same airline operates the 2 legs!
Is there a reason why you repeat airline names so frequently in your articles (helps with page ranking?).
You've mentioned Silkair and Singapore 30 times in this one article. It's probably just me but that writing style gets a bit irritating after a while!
Ryan: Only start date is in the article. No hint of schedule and how fast they will roll out the updates to their different routes. They have 5 737 Max aircraft in the current fleet and 32 on order. Not sure whether the flight I take on 1 August will have been updated. That was my point.