First A350 flights confirmed

[Kaiser]

-First delivery flight leaves Airbus Toulouse today, arriving in SIN tomorrow morning.
-First commercial / crew familiarisation flights begin 8 March on the SIN-KUL and SIN-CGK routes.
-First long haul A350 route SIN-AMS (SQ324/323) commences 9 May 2016.
-DUS-SIN to follow tri-weekly on 21 July 2016.

Sources: Straits Times, airlineroute.net & Singapore Airlines booking engine.

 

[Dannyism]

Nice!

I have to go to Europe later this year so I might try to get on the 350 in Y...

 

[Fiches Mouser]

Thanks for doing the research Kaiser! Great to know. I want to get on one of the familiarisation flights to KUL.

 

[Fiches Mouser]

It looks like the PE seats are being sold as economy on the KUL route initially. Would love to score one of those.

 

[awkwardpaws]

-First delivery flight leaves Airbus Toulouse today, arriving in SIN tomorrow morning.
-First commercial / crew familiarisation flights begin 8 March on the SIN-KUL and SIN-CGK routes.
-First long haul A350 route SIN-AMS (SQ324/323) commences 9 May 2016.
-DUS-SIN to follow tri-weekly on 21 July 2016.

Sources: Straits Times, airlineroute.net & Singapore Airlines booking engine.

So is the inaugural flight SIN-KUL (and not SIN-CGK) then? Thanks Kaiser!

 

[Kaiser]

So is the inaugural flight SIN-KUL (and not SIN-CGK) then? Thanks Kaiser!

Correct. SIN-KUL (SQ118) on 8th March looks like the first commercial flight.

 

[Guvner]

Long Haul A350 seat map here: http://www.singaporeair.com/pdf/seatmaps/A350-900-3classes-LongHaul.pdf

 

[Duffa]

Looks like our J flights from AMS have been switched to the 359 in July.
Will get to try the bulkhead at row 11

Looking forward to that!

 

[subichow]

My Mum's booking to Amsterdam has also been changed to A350 for later in the year - have selected 11K for her.

 

[Colin 2905]

Does anyone know what the seat pitch in Y is? There's nothing on Seat Guru yet, and googling has only found me figures for J (55") and PE (38"). I did find the Y seat width though (18").

Just curious, since I'll be flying CBR - SIN - DUS later this year.

 

[TomVexille]

My Mum's booking to Amsterdam has also been changed to A350 for later in the year - have selected 11K for her.

Ausbt suggests that row 11 may not be ideal. But I haven't been on the aircraft and YMMV

 

[subichow]

Ausbt suggests that row 11 may not be ideal. But I haven't been on the aircraft and YMMV

Ah thank you! Hadn't read that yet, 19 isn't available online at the moment, and regardless I'd avoid that for my mum anyway just in case of a bassinet being required. Seat still looks plenty wide enough in 11.. The main reasoning behind it was the 'extra' space in front rather than having just the cut out on the side. I think I'll be in PE for this flight, but haven't found any reviews or pics of it yet - I assume it's much the same as 777.

 

[Colin 2905]

Does anyone know what the seat pitch in Y is?

To answer my own question, it looks as though it's 31". Finnair has the same number of rows (16) in that section, and Seat Guru lists them as 31".

 

[subichow]

To answer my own question, it looks as though it's 31". Finnair has the same number of rows (16) in that section, and Seat Guru lists them as 31".

I read 32" online somewhere but can't find the article now.