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Singapore Airlines Will Start Flying Non-Stop to Seattle in 2019

Singapore Airlines Will Start Flying Non-Stop to Seattle in 2019
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It’s been a busy month for Singapore Airlines. The Asian airline launched the longest flight in the worldwith its route from Newark-Singapore and begins non-stop service between Los Angeles and Singapore tomorrow.

Today, however, the carrier announced it would begin flying an all-new route between Seattle and Singapore starting September 3, 2019. Seattle will become Singapore Airlines’ sixth U.S. destination, after Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, New York JFK and San Francisco.

Flights between the two cities will initially be operated three times weekly before a bump up to four times per week in October 2019. The schedule, subject to regulatory approval, will be as follows.

The airline will fly Airbus A350-900s on the route. Image: Singapore Airlines
The airline will fly Airbus A350-900s on the route. Image: Singapore Airlines

 

Singapore Airlines flight SQ27 will depart Seattle at 10:40am Pacific Time on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and arrive in Singapore at 5:30pm local time the following day.

Singapore Airlines flight SQ28 will depart Singapore at 9:25am on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and arrive in Seattle the same day at 9:05am local time. Starting in October, flights will also operate on Sunday in both directions.

"Our new non-stop flights to Seattle are another demonstration of our commitment to expand our operations in the important U.S. market and grow our network reach,” said Singapore Airlines CEO, Goh Choon Phong.

“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."


Source : Forbes

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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