SYD debut for SQ cabins

SINGAPORE Airlines has confirmed that passengers on its key Sydney-Singapore route will be the first to experience its landmark new cabin products, which will be unveiled in Singapore next week.

The rollout includes new Suites, Business class, Premium Economy and Economy class cabins which have been developed over the last four years with extensive input from the airline’s international customers.

Five new A380 superjumbos on order with Airbus will be the first aircraft fitted with the enhanced product, and the first will operate daily from 18 Dec as flight SQ221 from Singapore to Sydney.

The return flight will depart SYD the following day as flight SQ232.

SQ regional vice president Tan Tiow Kor said it was fitting that Sydney would debut the new product, just over 10 years since Singapore Airlines became the launch customer for the A380 and created a worldwide sensation with the first ever Singapore- Sydney flight ( TD 26 Oct 2007).

Currently SQ’s superjumbos serve Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Mumbai, New Delhi, New York, Osaka, Paris, Shanghai and Zurich.

Tan said additional destinations for the new product would be revealed in the coming months.

The carrier is tight-lipped about the features of the new product, with all to be revealed in a ceremony in Singapore next Thu - watch Travel Daily for all the details from the event.