Perth will be the first destination in Australia to be served by the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, with Singapore Airlines expected to replace either 777-200 or A330 equipment on one of four daily Singapore-Perth frequencies from May.
The 787-10 will feature Singapore Airlines’ new regional cabin products and will seat 337 customers in two classes, with 36 business class and 301 economy class seats.
SIA plans to take delivery of its first of 49 787-10s in late March 2018. The aircraft will temporarily be used on short flights from Singapore to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur for crew training purposes before being placed on Singapore-Osaka, the first permanent route for the 787-10 fleet.
SIA regional vice president Philip Goh said, “Deploying our brand new 787-10 product to Perth reinforces the importance the city plays in our global network and will help to cater for the growing demand we have seen from the West Australian market.”
According to Boeing, the 787-10 offers “unprecedented efficiency: 10% better fuel and emissions than the best on offer by the competition and 25% better than the airplanes it will replace”.