Singapore Airlines will operate its daily flight to Melbourne with the all-new Airbus A350-900 from May 11, 2017, offering business travellers flying to the Australian city more Premium Economy options, with three of the four daily flights from Melbourne now offering the new cabin.

Singapore Airlines was the first airline to fly the world’s largest commercial aircraft. The deployment of the A350-900 daily for flight SQ208/207 will see Melbourne serviced by two Airbus A350-900 aircraft until June 30, 2017, when SQ218/217, currently operated by an A350, reverts back to an Airbus A380.

The Airbus A350 is fitted with 253 seats with 42 seats in Business class, 24 in Premium Economy class, and 187 Economy class seats. Customers flying on the new A350 will be able to take advantage of Singapore Airlines new first-of-its-kind companion app, found within the SingaporeAir phone and tablet app.

The companion app, which was developed for Singapore Airlines by MTT in conjunction with Panasonic Avionics, enables customers to review the inflight entertainment (IFE) video and audio content that will be available on their flight, create pre-selected favourites lists, and control the seat-back IFE system, all using their personal electronic devices. The airline’s KrisWorld IFE system offers up to 295 movies, over 470 TV programmes, and more than 450 CD albums each month. Current features of the companion app will initially be available on the Airline’s new fleet of Airbus A350-900s.

In October 2016, Singapore Airlines commenced a daily non-stop service between Singapore and San Francisco, which is now the longest route in the airline’s network and is also operated by the new A350.

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