Yesterday I wrote about how Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is devaluing their award chart for reservations made as of January 24, 2019. KrisFlyer's award redemption rates were already on the high side, so while we've seen worse devaluations in history,…
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is a pretty useful frequent flyer program. This is partly because Singapore Airlines restricts most of their premium cabin award space to members of their own KrisFlyer program, and also because KrisFlyer is transfer partners…
Unfortunately the A380 hasn't panned out the way Airbus, and perhaps the world, expected. The plane entered commercial service in October 2007, with Singapore Airlines as the launch customer. This was just over a decade ago, and at the time many believed…
Singapore Airlines is already known for their "Book the Cook" program," where premium passengers can choose from a wide selection of dishes when they order at least 24 hours in advance. While quite a few airlines let you pre-order meals from the menu…
One of the cool features that Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer added last year is "Spontaneous Escapes," where they constantly have a list of flights that can be booked at a discount when redeeming miles. Presumably they're primarily discounting flights…
It's funny how the quality of business class varies so drastically around the world. In Europe you'd typically get an economy seat with a blocked middle and a decent snack. In the US you'd typically get a decent domestic first class seat with virtually…
Hello from Singapore! I'm in the middle of a review trip. After flying from San Francisco to Melbourne in Qantas' 787 business class, I connected from Melbourne to Singapore in Singapore Airlines' 777 first class. I've flown Singapore first class many…
Singapore Airlines operates a regional subsidiary called SilkAir. They operate short haul routes, primarily around Southeast Asia, to second and third tier destinations that Singapore Airlines mostly doesn't fly to. So, for example, currently Singapore…
Since I had a room at the Crowne Plaza Changi, I only arrived at the airport just under two hours before departure. I reviewed the Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge earlier this year, so didn't even visit it this time around. My flight was departing…
I boarded through the second set of doors, where I was greeted by an exceptionally friendly cabin manager and flight attendant who pointed me left into the business class cabin. The A330 is the backbone of Singapore Airlines' shorthaul fleet. The plane…
Singapore Airlines recently launched the world's longest flight, from Singapore non stop to Newark using their new special Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft. They decided to fit these aircraft with only 67 business class, and 94 premium economy seats (i.e.…
As I wrote about last week, Singapore Airlines will be launching flights between Singapore and Seattle as of September 3, 2019. The airline will operate the route 3x weekly initially, though will increase frequencies to 4x weekly as of October 2019.…
Singapore Airlines has made a number of significant changes to their US route network this year, as they take possession of both 'normal' Airbus A350-900 aircraft, as well as the ultra long range A350-900ULR, which have opened up a range of new routing…
Just over a week ago I wrote about how Singapore Airlines was expected to announce a new nonstop flight between Singapore and Seattle, and that's exactly what they've done today. Singapore Airlines will begin flying nonstop between Singapore and Seattle…
A couple of days ago I took the world's longest flight from Singapore to Newark, which covers a distance of over 9,500 miles, and where you spend over 18 hours in your seat. I find the concept of this flight to be fascinating, and even as someone who…
Yesterday I took the world’s longest flight — SQ 22 from Singapore to Newark — in business class. Shorty after the flight I shared my impressions of the odd meal service flow on the flight, which I thought was worthy of a separate post, given…
Hello from Newark! I just flew Singapore Airlines' A350-900ULR service nonstop from Singapore, which had a flight time of 17hr15min. It's the longest flight in the world, and it launched just a couple of weeks ago. I have a lot of thoughts about this…
Hello from Ahmedabad! After flying Etihad’s 787 first class from Washington to Abu Dhabi, then spending a few hours in a private room at Etihad’s first class lounge, and then flying Etihad's A320 business class from Abu Dhabi to Ahmedabad, it was time…
Singapore Airlines recently substantially altered their US route network, thanks to them starting to take delivery of their Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft. The airline was finally able to resume nonstop flights from Singapore to both Los Angeles and New…
Singapore Airlines owns a roughly 20% stake in Virgin Australia (the airline has an unusual ownership structure, as it's part owned by Etihad, Hainan, Singapore, and more), and the airlines have had a partnership for quite a while. In 2014, the two airlines…
Today is a pretty exciting day for aviation geeks. Just a bit ago the world's new longest flight from Singapore to Newark took off. This flight is operating with the flight number SQ22, and will cover a distance of 9,534 miles. This flight is only made…
