thanks for the heads up LHS
official release;
30 December 2008
Singapore Airlines will introduce its new Airbus A330-300
regional aircraft on routes to Australian and Japanese cities,
progressively from end March 2009.
The first of 19 new A330-300s will be delivered to Singapore
Airlines by Airbus in mid-January. Initially, the aircraft
will be used to complete pilot conversion, and thereafter, operate
some short sectors between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore and
Jakarta, during late February
and March.
Its full entry into commercial service will occur on 30 March 2009,
and to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the commencement of
Singapore Airlines flights between the two cities, the first route
will be between Singapore and Brisbane.
From April, services between Singapore and Perth will be progressively converted from
the existing B777 operations to A330; conversion will be completed
in May. The daily flight between Adelaide and Singapore will be converted
by June.
Also in June, following delivery of the eighth aircraft, the A330
will debut on Japan routes, with the daily service to Nagoya to be converted from B777
operations. By March 2010, the daily B777 service to
Osaka will be replaced with
the A330.
The A330-300 twin-engine wide-body aircraft will be configured with
285 seats in two classes – Business and Economy. A new
Business Class seat, especially designed for regional and
medium-haul flights, as well as other cabin product features, will
be unveiled when the aircraft is delivered in January.
The Business Class cabin will consist of 30 seats, in a 2-2-2
configuration (distinct from the existing B777 on these routes,
which is in a 2-3-2 layout). Economy will feature 255 seats,
in a 2-4-2 configuration. All seats will feature the new
KrisWorld, Singapore Airlines award-winning inflight entertainment
system.
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