Singapore Airlines will begin to phase in new Airbus A350-900 aircraft on flights between Brisbane and Singapore from 16 October to meet growing demand for travel between the two cities.
Singapore Airlines regional vice president Tan Tiow Kor said the deployments were in response to growing demand in Queensland.
“Brisbane continues to be an important market for Singapore Airlines on Australia’s east coast,” he said.
The Airbus A350s are fitted with 253 seats in three classes and will give Brisbane customers an opportunity to experience the airline’s new generation Business and Economy class seats. The move will also see SQ offer its Premium Economy product on the Brisbane route for the first time.
Flights SQ235/256 will be the first to change, replacing A330-300 aircraft. Over the following three months, SQ will gradually switch over a second and third daily rotation to the A350-900. By January, three out of four of SQ’s daily Brisbane flights will be served by the A350-900. Brisbane is the second Australian city to receive Singapore’s A350 product, after Perth received the aircraft in April. Singapore Airlines had previously moved Brisbane operations to four times a day, or 28 flights a week, up from the previous 24 weekly flights.
Singapore Airlines senior vice president of sales and marketing Campbell Wilson said Australian routes were also likely to see increased Airbus A350 deployment in coming years as demand continued to grow.
Campbell added that Sydney was a favourite to receive the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner in 2018.
