SINGAPORE, 6 November 2018: Seattle will become the fifth US city in Singapore Airlines’ route network – and the fourth to be served nonstop from Singapore – when new flights are introduced in September 2019.
Initially, the airline said it would operate three weekly services, increasing them to four weekly in October 2019.
An Airbus A350-900 aircraft will fly the new route configured with 42 business class, 24 premium economy class and 187 economy class seats.
Subject to regulatory approvals, flight SQ28 will initially depart Singapore at 0925 every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and arrive in Seattle at 0905 on the same day (all times local).
The return sector, operated as SQ27, will depart Seattle at 1040 every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and arrive in Singapore the following day at 1730. From October 2019, SQ28 and flight SQ27 will operate every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
“The new services will also further strengthen the Singapore hub by providing customers faster and more convenient connectivity from key markets such as Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australasia to North America,” said Singapore Airlines CEO, Goh Choon Phong.
Seattle is one of the fastest growing cities in the US and home to the headquarters of a large number of major US corporations and the city is a popular venue for start-up businesses. It ranks high as a popular tourist destination and also the gateway for cruises to Alaska.
Seattle flights will complement Singapore Airlines’ existing services to the US cities of Houston, Los Angeles, New York (both JFK and Newark airports) and San Francisco.
Singapore Airlines recently introduced daily nonstop flights between Singapore and New York (Newark) and on 1 November it launched a nonstop between Singapore and Los Angeles using Airbus A350-900ULR (ultra-long-range) aircraft.
Existing nonstop services to San Francisco will also be increase from seven to 10 flights a week effective 28 November 2018.
Singapore Airlines will operate 53 flights per week to the US by December 2018, including 27 nonstop Singapore-US services. With the introduction of the new Seattle flights next year, total US frequency will increase to 57 flights per week.
Tickets for the Seattle service go on sale progressively from 7 November through the various distribution channels.
