![]() (Photo: Shutterstock)Ī shorter transit in the UK and lighter headwinds shorten the journey to 25 hours 5 minutes in the summer season, but this still beats the airline’s next-longest direct service – Singapore to New York JFK via Frankfurt (23 hours 15 minutes). A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350 Long Haul landing in Manchester, UK. The Singapore Airlines Airbus A350 Long Haul operates the airline’s longest direct service (same plane, same flight number) – SQ52 from Singapore to Houston, which takes 26 hours 55 minutes during the northern winter season, including a 2 hour 10 minute stopover in Manchester. SIA’s A350 Long Haul aircraft are fitted with the 2013 Business Class seats. ![]() This aircraft accommodates 42 passengers in Business Class ( 2013 J), 24 in Premium Economy and 187 in Economy Class, and is used extensively on the network from Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta right up to non-stop Los Angeles services. 31 of these are currently in service, with an additional one arriving from Airbus tomorrow (9V-SJG on 3rd August 2023), and two more to come next year. The most common A350 in the Singapore Airlines fleet is its original version – the Long Haul variant. * The airline’s first four A350 MH aircraft (9V-SHA to -SHD) have the Trent XWB-84 engines, each with 84,200 lb of thrust, but subsequent A350 MH deliveries (-SHE onwards) have the lower-thrust XWB-75 engines Fun fact: Four cities on the SIA network are currently served by more than one variant of the A350 family: Here’s a summary of the three Airbus A350 variants in the fleet. These aircraft, alongside Boeing 787-10s, have since replaced Airbus A330s and regional Boeing 777s in the Singapore Airlines fleet. SIA’s Airbus A350 Medium Haul touching down on its maiden passenger flight in Adelaide, Australia. With no crew rest areas, no Premium Economy cabin and the new higher-density Regional Business Class seats, it became the highest capacity version of the three, with over 300 seats. Later the same year it was a lower weight, lower thrust regional variant that made its debut, the A350 Medium Haul. Non-stop flights between Singapore and New York restarted in October 2018, using the Airbus A350 ULR. The A350 ULR entered service in October 2018, re-launching non-stop flights from Singapore to Newark and Los Angeles in a two-class configuration, with only Business Class and Premium Economy seats installed. ![]() However, things then became a little more complicated.
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