Singapore Airlines is revamping its product offering flying to India gradually. It currently operates the regional Airbus A330 and Boeing 772 aircraft to several cities in India.
SQ also operates the Airbus A380 to both Mumbai and New Delhi, apart from a few 777 services. The revamp started with the A350 on one of the frequencies on Mumbai – Singapore route. It was followed by the 787-10 on one of the two frequencies on the Delhi – Singapore route.
Singapore Airlines Country Manager David Lim confirmed to Live From A Lounge in a conversation in October 2018 that Indian airports will gradually see a shift to regional A350s and 787-10s as Singapore Airlines slowly retires their A330 fleet.
Singapore Airlines A380
Bengaluru was the first Indian city to receive the Singapore Airlines A350 regional service. Singapore Airlines now operates 10x weekly A350R service to Bengaluru. Kolkata was the second city to receive Singapore Airlines’ A350 regional service.
Singapore Airlines introduced new First Class suites and revamped business class, premium economy and economy class onboard the A380 in 2017. The five new A380s with new hard product replaced 5 of the oldest Singapore Airlines A380s. Singapore Airlines also started reconfiguring the older 14 A380s, with the first one already refurbished and ready to enter service.
Singapore Airlines A380 Double Bed
With the reconfiguration, the Airbus A380 Singapore Airlines reduced the number of Suites/First class seats from 12 to 6. The new/refurbished A380s have six first-class suites, 78 business class seats, 44 premium economy seats and 343 economy class seats.
Singapore Airlines new A380 Business Class
From August 1, 2019, Singapore Airlines will deploy an A380 with new Suites on Delhi-Singapore route. The second frequency will continue to be operated with a 787-10.
SQ406 SIN1650 – 2010DEL 388 D
SQ403 DEL2155 – 0610(+1 day)SIN 388 D
New Singapore Airlines Suites on Delhi-Singapore route
This move, however, is shortlived. Singapore Airlines will redeploy an A380 with the old hard product from September 1, 2019. From September 1, 2019, Singapore Airlines will deploy an A380 with the new Suites on Mumbai – Singapore route.
SQ424 SIN1900 – 2210BOM 388 D
SQ423 BOM2340 – 0740(+1 day)SIN 388 D
Singapore Airlines will deploy the A380 with new Suites for the entire winter 2019 as well as summer 2020 season for now.
New Singapore Airlines suites on Mumbai-Singapore route
Singapore Airline is currently offering lower fares on suites if you want to take advantage of it. While a one-way ticket on Mumbai-Singapore will cost INR 123K, on Delhi-Singapore route, it will cost INR 134K.
If you want to enjoy the new Singapore Airlines suites for a longer journey, you can book an INR 380k roundtrip journey on Mumbai-Syndey route, with all four segments on the new first class suites.
INR 380k roundtrip Mumbai-Sydney with new Suites on all four segments
Alternatively, you can book a oneway suite on Mumbai-Singapore or Delhi-Singapore route for just 53,000 KrisFlyer miles, and there are consistent saver level seats available also. You can transfer from the following programmes to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer if you don’t have enough KrisFlyer Miles:
- American Express Platinum Charge Card
- American Express Membership Rewards Credit Card
- American Express Gold Charge Card
- Citi Prestige
- Citi PremierMiles
- HDFC Bank Diners Club Black
- HDFC Bank Infinia
Ajay,
One can also transfer HSBC premier Master card points to SQ in 1:1 ratio.
In fact they are running 10x promotion for Intl. transaction at the moment.
Hi Karan / Ajay,
At the outset would like to applaud u guys for the wonderful job you’re doing at Live From a Lounge. I have been following your articles for almost a couple of years now. Highly informative and interesting.
Would like to know is Singapore Airlines planning to start full service SIA flights on the Hyd-Sin route anytime soon. Or will they still continue with the SilkAir product.
U mentioned the refurbished A380s from Del-Sin route is short lived so does that mean 1st Sep onwards the Del-Sin route will continue indefinitely with the old A380 configuration.