SQ 787-10 Revealed

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The new SQ 78J fitout has been revealed in SIN this morning.

It has the new regional J seat fitted (which will also go into the regional A350) and unfortunately some very narrow looking Y seats.

The Straits Times article is quoting a 18 inch seat width (which has not been possible for any other airline) and a 32 inch seat pitch.

It looks like J is an upgrade from the current SQ regional aircraft (333, 772 etc) but Y looks like something to be avoided (certainly for longer sectors).

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I had a chance to try out the new SQ regional J seat at lunchtime. Shoulder width was fine but the space for your legs/feet is limited. It actually has the same problem as the QF A330 J seat where you have to sit at a bit of an awkward angle so your leg does not rest hard up against the side of the enclosure.

There are far worse J seats around (particularly regional J) but there are also better (particularly long haul J). I will need to fly in it to try everything out properly. It will be fine for the five hours up to SIN, overkill for a two hour sector and a bit lacking for the maximum eight hour sector it is planned to operate on.

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As an aside, I was talking to the SQ WA manager about various topics and I raised the issue of VA SG/WP not getting the same seat selection privileges as KFG (namely free seat selection on Y lite fares). He stated that there have been discussions within SQ management about this and hopefully something might happen in the near future.
 
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