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Old Jun 26, 2015, 5:07 pm
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Is SQ planning to get rid of the regional recliner seats in Biz?
Some of the biz class seats are still the recliner types which seem really odd for such an airline like SQ.

Is SQ planning to change it all to full sleeper type seats?

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Old Jun 29, 2015, 4:31 pm
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Originally Posted by HawaiiO
Some of the biz class seats are still the recliner types which seem really odd for such an airline like SQ.

Is SQ planning to change it all to full sleeper type seats?
But why do they need lie-flat beds for routes such as SIN-CGK and SIN-BKK?
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Old Jun 29, 2015, 8:09 pm
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Originally Posted by HawaiiO
Some of the biz class seats are still the recliner types which seem really odd for such an airline like SQ.

Is SQ planning to change it all to full sleeper type seats?

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I have not sat on the old recliners for years now. No longer running to SGN, CGK, and BKK? Do they still have these?

Originally Posted by kevincrumbs
But why do they need lie-flat beds for routes such as SIN-CGK and SIN-BKK?
Aircraft rotation. will be more flexible if all aircrafts can be used on both medium haul and short haul?
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Old Jun 29, 2015, 9:49 pm
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Originally Posted by SQueeze
I have not sat on the old recliners for years now. No longer running to SGN, CGK, and BKK? Do they still have these?
Last time I saw one was to MNL in May. Last time I looked at SilverKris magazine it indicated that there were still 2 left in the fleet.

Tomorrow, for example, SQ974 to BKK is operated by this type, as is SQ 918 to MNL, but couldn't find any others.
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Old Jul 2, 2015, 11:43 pm
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Originally Posted by HawaiiO
Some of the biz class seats are still the recliner types which seem really odd for such an airline like SQ.

Is SQ planning to change it all to full sleeper type seats?

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To my information SQ plans to phase these aircraft out and not upgrading them. In the past some of these aircraft earlier were handed down to Scoot.
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Old Jul 3, 2015, 9:41 am
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So that the seats doesn't look aged, i guess?
Besides, TG also uses the their 777 with the lie flat seats for some of the SIN-BKK routes (eg, the 8:50pm flight).

Originally Posted by kevincrumbs
But why do they need lie-flat beds for routes such as SIN-CGK and SIN-BKK?
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Old Jul 3, 2015, 11:26 am
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The A330s are all still recliner type seats?

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Old Jul 3, 2015, 7:24 pm
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The A330s are all still recliner type seats?

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No. They are angled flat seats.
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Old Jul 3, 2015, 11:35 pm
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They should switch those out to lie flat.

It's 2015, why do they still even have angled flats.

Originally Posted by lokijuh
No. They are angled flat seats.
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Old Jul 4, 2015, 1:50 am
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Originally Posted by HawaiiO
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They should switch those out to lie flat.

It's 2015, why do they still even have angled flats.

The angled flat seats on SQ are on their regional routes, and they are really great as a regional J seat compared to what, for example, CX offers as a regional J offering.
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Old Jul 4, 2015, 11:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Jane's Addiction
The angled flat seats on SQ are on their regional routes, and they are really great as a regional J seat compared to what, for example, CX offers as a regional J offering.
True, the new CX regional business class seats are 2-3-2 recliners.
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Old Jul 5, 2015, 2:19 am
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Originally Posted by Jane's Addiction
The angled flat seats on SQ are on their regional routes, and they are really great as a regional J seat compared to what, for example, CX offers as a regional J offering.
Agree! Can't comment on CX since I've never flown them but the SQ A330 is a great product. A lot of this is perception based and being based in the US, I'll take angle flat on regional flights....
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