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National carrier Singapore Airlines which will take delivery of the first of its 67 ordered Airbus A350-900s tomorrow will launch the aircraft on the Singapore Amsterdam route on May 9, 2016 as SQ324 and return as SQ323.
The first batch of Singapore’s long haul A350-900s are configured in a three class configuration with 253 seats. 42 in a 1-2-1 business class, 24 in a 2-4-2 premium economy, and 187 in a 3-3-3 economy class.
Just as with any new aircraft type at an airline, Singapore Airlines will initially deploy the aircraft on select short-haul destinations within Asia for crew familiarisation and training. Many civil aviation regulators require pilots to have about 100 landings in an aircraft type prior to operating long-haul services.
As more aircraft join the fleet, Singapore Düsseldorf will be a brand new route added in July.
The airline has also ordered seven A350-900s ultra-long-range variant which will be used to recommence the discontinued non-stop services between Singapore and United States in 2018.
Looks like SQ will start retiring its 777 fleet, converting all of its fleet to Airbus from Boeing! Hmm.. Boeing should be worried!