There’s not much good news nowadays when it comes to A380s, though there’s an exception at Singapore Airlines. I first wrote last November about how the airline was planning on reconfiguring all of its remaining A380s with new cabins, and there’s now an update on that front, as progress is continuing to be made.
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I am a fan of the front row of business class. No lying on an angle. The angle is annoying though...
FYI, I have a booking in for August of 2021, SQ 25 JFK-FRA, First Class A380-800. It still shows booked with my son and me in seats 2C/2D (older style First). No indication yet that the aircraft has changed or the layout of First Class. Will wait and see!
on RTW19 2.0 I flew SQ First Class in new 3K SYD-SIN and really enjoyed it, especially the Champagne Taste Off 🙂
@ lucky. Not all the centre seats on version 3 convert into double beds. It is only the first row of each section, so normally only three pairs that form a double bed.
@ MDA the new version seats don’t flip over requiring you to sleep at an angle. Incidentally nobody seems to complain about having to sleep at an angle if you are tall in the new ANA business seat. The new SQ seat is straight like most seats. The downside is that’s it a lot narrower than the older ones
Anything happening with economy? It would be most helpful if could use my return ticket to Dublin without being asked for an extra 2000 euro on top.
That's great they plan to reconfigure all their planes with the new suites however I'm afraid by the time they finish they'll probably be already planning for the next new suite.
Wife and I have a suites award booked SIN-LHR in August 21, still showing as A380 but who knows..! Fingers crossed, though haven't booked anything outbound yet!
SQ is probably already under contract to have these upgrades done. It makes sense to speed up the process now given they aren't using the planes. If the vaccine pans out things could return to normal for the world by some point in 2022 or at least for the higher end travel market that the new product is designed to appeal to. If SQ can get this stuff done earlier they can position themselves to sell to the premium travelers.
@AdamAuxier -- interesting. I've been trying to book SQ F for Aug 2021 for months now, but the extension until October blocking out all F space isn't allowing it.
Very annoying and poorly designed business seats for the world's no. 1 airline. Looks are misleading.
We have tickets on SQ25 in December 2021 on the A380 in suites. It is interesting that the seat selection map shows the old configuration, but in the aircraft seating chart section they only show the new configuration.
Glad I got to fly the old seats once in March 2019, will honestly be sad to see them go in lieu of this “dentist’s chair”...
If it wasn't for the windows, you would think the F suite was a very bland mini hotel room in tokyo. The design is completely unappealing.
Amex MR to SQ KF rate being devalued from April in the UK - down from 1:1 to 3:2. Not sure if other airlines/partners/countries will follow or not.
Despite the new suites one thing that remains exceptional is the service received on all SQ flights. I have flown several times LAX /TYO/SIN/BOM SIN /SYD/SIN/ TPE /LAX when the service was available and of the times I did fly the cabin was first class twice and business class 6 times. I have also flown one time in economy. To be honest there was not a huge difference in class from first to business or vice versa and would never pay for the upgrade. If you are travelling a long distance unless your under 30 years old and travelling alone economy class is hard on you no matter where you sit on the aircraft.