Today’s flight is in what is arguably the best 787 business class on the planet. Of course, it’s Singapore Airlines’s 787-10, which incidentally enough has lowest amount of business class seats in the fleet after the A380s. These aircraft are largely used on popular routes throughout Asia, e.g. SIN-SGN, SIN-NRT, SIN-CMB, SIN-MNL, as well as to a couple Australian cities, namely Perth and Adelaide. However, Perth has recently upgauged to the A350-900, leaving the capital of South Australia as the only current destination in the Great Southern Land for the big Boeing.
Server: Solo
Airline: Singapore Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
Origin: Singapore Changi Airport, Changi, Singapore (SIN)
Destination: Adelaide Airport, Adelaide, Australia (ADL)
Flight Number: SQ277
Route: WSSS-YPAD
Seat: 19A (Business)
Time En Route: 6 Hours 33 Minutes
Parked at Gate 20. Soon, Singapore won’t be the only Star Alliance carrier flying the 787 into Adelaide, as United will be beginning non-stop service from San Francisco this winter with the 787-9.
Sounds/looks weird having a Singapore 787-10 at Adelade (no offence but of all places…) Though they do have an awkward sprinkle of international flights (comparing to amount of Domestic).
Nah, I wouldn’t say weird, we haven’t had a SQ Boeing service to Adelaide for years, it has mainly been the A330/A350 until 2023! A lot of the international routes were operated by Airbus aircraft, except for NAN-ADL, CAN-ADL most recently and DXB-ADL.
It’s just the 787-10 right now, but before 2023 it was the A350-900 and before 2018 it was the A330-300. Lastly, before 2009 it was the 747-200 and 777-200ER
They also get 777-200LRs from Emirates and Qatar Airways, and China Southern is coming back with either the 787-8 or 787-9. Plus, given Singapore’s significant presence in the Australian market, it’s not that surprising they’d fly to Adelaide. Now if they flew to Alice Springs, Darwin, or Hobart, then I’d be surprised.
