JohnK said:
The seats are way too narrow for westerners. Just as well the flight was only 50 minutes. It is OK if you are normal size but if you are wider than normal then very uncomfortable.
According to
Welcome to SeatGuru! Your Guide to Airplane Seats and In-flight Amenities, SQ seat width on 777-200's (which are used on the SIN-KUL sector) are 17.5". This is same as SQ's 747's. They are greater on the 777-300's (18") and 777-300ER's (19"). For comparison, QF have a listed width of 17.2", so if SQ's seats are way too narrow for westerners, what are QF's?
Personally I find SQ service in whY far superior to many airlines, and certainly superior to QF, and based on a sample size >10 on both SQ & QF (medium-long haul). On SQ, usually within 30 mins of take off I have a coughtail in my hands, and on my third when the meal comes out, on QF you get your first drink with the meal. And never on and overnight flight in whY have I had a FA come around and top up my glass of water whilst I was sleeping, except on SQ.
However, in J I think QF & SQ are a lot closer, although the service on SQ is superior. On several flights I have taken in the day/afternoon to SIN, I've been furiously working away on the laptop and asked for a Coke. And that glass never emptied, as soon as it was down to about 1/4 full a FA would magically reappear with a can of coke to top it up. Subtle and just a little thing, but definitely a noticable difference.
But - from the $$ they are charging QF
must be doing something right. Two recent bookings I've made - first MEL-BOM then MEL-PEK both in J. On the BOM flights QF were about 25% more than SQ, and to PEK they were charging double that of SQ (including flights with SQ's new business class product). Time savings on QF not significant as both were routings via SYD, but would be ex-SYD. which would probably account for the fare difference.