SQ to receive first 787-10 in May, 2018
Apr 17, 2018, 9:44 pm
#91
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And to people who are complaining about the business class seat itself, which other airline provides a fully flat seat for regional flights? Granted the seats seem a little more narrower, SQ is light years ahead of the competition in providing a fully flat lie flat seat for regional flights. I don't think any major airline can claim to provide a fully flat business class seat across its entire fleet (once SQ replaces all A330 with 787).
Apr 18, 2018, 10:22 am
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Yesterday, I flew on 9V-SCB from BKK-SIN connecting to 9V-SCA SIN-KUL in business class and I agree with bruce80 regarding the narrowness of the armrest and foot cubby. I sat on 11A (bulk) which I was able to secure while in the lounge as it was blocked during online check in and the foot cubby is bigger compared to seat 17K which I had on the SIN-KUL flight. Here are some pictures 
The armrests are really narrow I wonder if they would serve the purpose
11A fully flat
11A foot cubby, the widest of them all
17K foot cubby which is narrower than 11As
17K is closer to the window. The shell/privacy part is blocking the window so I had to use the farther window to see the view. 11A although closer to the aisle has unblocked view though.
The armrests are really narrow I wonder if they would serve the purpose
11A fully flat
11A foot cubby, the widest of them all
17K foot cubby which is narrower than 11As
17K is closer to the window. The shell/privacy part is blocking the window so I had to use the farther window to see the view. 11A although closer to the aisle has unblocked view though.
Apr 24, 2018, 11:43 pm
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Without having flown it (and I hope not to, if I can possibly help it) I really struggle to believe that the width of the seat (as in, the usable space between the armrests) is the same between a 3-3-3 B787 and a 3-3-3 B777 or 3-4-3 A380.
On every other airline deploying 3-3-3 on a 787, the seat is noticeably narrower than the rest of the fleet (unless we're comparing against 3-4-3 on a B777). I can't see where SQ would have magically found the extra space compared to the other airlines.
On every other airline deploying 3-3-3 on a 787, the seat is noticeably narrower than the rest of the fleet (unless we're comparing against 3-4-3 on a B777). I can't see where SQ would have magically found the extra space compared to the other airlines.
For economy class, I didn't pay much attention on the aisle width. But I think I don't see anything significantly different with any other SQ aircraft that I have been (read this as all ) to notice the difference
Last edited by lingua101; Apr 25, 2018 at 1:16 am
Apr 25, 2018, 1:17 am
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But I think the seat they used is quite different from the one in A350. The seat is more spaceship like in my opinion. May be this has a thinner frame and this why they manage to save some space. It may be narrower, but personally I do not feel it as I did not do apple to apple comparisson and the last time I flew SQ A350 in economy was in early Feb
BTW, the guy that seat next to me was quite "wide"
. I can feel he kept intruding to my space. May be this kind of proof that the "frame" is rather thin
Apr 25, 2018, 2:52 am
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The seat is not the same as the one they used in the current A350 fleet. The current A350's seat is from Zodiac (similar to the reconfigured 777-300ER), whereas the 787 (and the new A380s) have the Recaro CL3710.
Apr 25, 2018, 6:30 am
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Apr 25, 2018, 9:31 pm
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