Singapore Airlines to Fly ‘New’ A380s to Sydney

Posted 20/05/2011

Singapore Airlines is to introduce its newly configured Airbus A380s on its Singapore –Sydney route from June 20, according to the latest schedule data from the carrier.  The Asian flag carrier currently operates eleven examples, but from next month will introduce its first aircraft designed in a more spacious configuration with the entire upper deck occupied by premium Business Class seating.

Its current A380s are configured with 471 seats and have a lower deck with 12 First Class Suites and 311 Economy seats, while the upper deck has space for 60 Business Class and 88 Economy passengers.  In the new arrangement, the lower deck remains the same, but the upper deck will have just 84 Business Class seats, resulting in an overall capacity reduction of 62 seats, to 409. 

This is only two seats more than the layout of Korean Air’s A380s, the first of which is due to enter commercial service next month, and are the most spaciously configured A380s among existing operators of the type and future carriers that have announced their planned interior arrangement.

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