First 787-10 Dreamliner Commercial Route Announced!

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Singapore Airlines, the launch customer of the 787-10 Dreamliner, has announced the first long haul route in which the longest variety of the 787 Dreamliner series will operate. SIA will start deliveries of the 787-10 Dreamliner late-March for an early April inaugural service to KLIA & BKK.

Before this, Singapore Airlines will operate the shorthaul 787-10 flights to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Bangkok, Thailand for flight crew training purposes. I’m very much looking forward to see which other routes SIA will put the 787-10s on, hopefully SIN - MEL!

Starting 3rd May 2018, SIA will have its first inaugural flight of the 787-10 to one of Japan’s largest cities, Osaka Kansai. This will be a 6h 45 min flight across the Asian continent.

For information on routes that are available to be booked NOW (SIN-KUL/BKK/KIX):

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@George 😉

Seems very exciting! It’ll be nice to finally be able to realistically fly the 78J in IF. This is the start of many!

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Nice! I’ll fly this in IF after school.

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Pretty surprised that Jakarta isn’t on the list. As Jakarta was listed as one of the first destinations to get their A350s alongside KL. Oh well, maybe I have to see more old 772s serving this route abit longer I guess 🙁

I was about to look for a flight served by 78J if Jakarta would make to the list during SQTF this February.

Just noticed their configuration, 36 Business with 301 Economy? That’s a huge improvement in terms of capacity compared to their current 772s and A330s

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Anyway, I just found out about the seating configuration. So the seating will be :

  • 36 Stelia Business Seats in 1-2-1
  • 301 Recaro Economy Seats in 3-3-3 (Painful, I know)
  • These 301 Economy Seats includes Extra Legroom. But no Premium Economy on this 787
Source

Source here :

https://mainlymiles.com/2018/02/08/revealed-singapore-airlines-787-10-schedules-and-seat-map/

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Really weird. Looks more like US domestic instead of international flights. Maybe they’re focusing back on the southeast Asian market and 772/773 reflection

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Cool!

Singapore – Kuala Lumpur 03APR18 – 31MAY18 SQ118/119

Big aircraft for such a short flight

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Temporary for flight training purposes - It’s a norm for airlines with new aircraft :)

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