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Singapore Airlines: Australian, Japanese Cities To Be First For New A330 Operations(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:16012009 Singapore Airlines will introduce its new Airbus A330-300 regional aircraft on routes to Australian and Japanese cities, progressively from end March 2009. The first of 19 new A330-300s will be delivered to Singapore Airlines by Airbus in mid-January. Initially, the aircraft will be used to complete pilot conversion, and thereafter, operate some short sectors between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore and Jakarta, during late February and March. Its full entry into commercial service will occur on 30 March 2009, and to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the commencement of Singapore Airlines flights between the two cities, the first route will be between Singapore and Brisbane. From April, services between Singapore and Perth will be progressively converted from the existing B777 operations to A330; conversion will be completed in May. The daily flight between Adelaide and Singapore will be converted by June. Also in June, following delivery of the eighth aircraft, the A330 will debut on Japan routes, with the daily service to Nagoya to be converted from B777 operations. By March 2010, the daily B777 service to Osaka will be replaced with the A330. The A330-300 twin-engine wide-body aircraft will be configured with 285 seats in two classes - Business and Economy. A new Business Class seat, especially designed for regional and medium-haul flights, as well as other cabin product features, will be unveiled when the aircraft is delivered in January. Note to Editors The Business Class cabin will consist of 30 seats, in a 2-2-2 configuration (distinct from the existing B777 on these routes, which is in a 2-3-2 layout). Economy will feature 255 seats, in a 2-4-2 configuration. All seats will feature the new KrisWorld, Singapore Airlines award-winning inflight entertainment system. The deployment of the A330-300 is shown below: Service (between Singapore and -) Date Frequency (Per week) Brisbane, SQ245/246 7 Brisbane, SQ235/236 7 Brisbane, SQ255/256* end March 2009 5 Perth, SQ224/225 April 2009 5 Perth, SQ223/226 7 Perth, SQ215/216 May 2009 7 Adelaide, SQ268/269 7 Nagoya, SQ671/672 June 2009 7 Osaka, SQ617/618 March 2010 7 * Actual inaugural service will take place from Singapore to Brisbane (SQ255) on 30 March 2009 - the date of the 25th anniversary of the commencement of Singapore Airlines services between the two cities. The first flight from Brisbane is SQ236 on 30 March 2009. CONTACT: Lachlan Crutchfield, Weber Shandwick Tel: +44 (0)207 067 0283 Tel: +44 (0)870 990 5459 Fax: +44 (0)870 990 5465 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.webershandwick.co.uk WWW: http://www.webershandwick.com ((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). Copyright ? 2009 M2 Communications Ltd. |