Singapore Airlines’ new A380 cabin offers more personal space in all classes. The aircraft will accommodate a total of 471 passengers, with six private Suites and 78 Business Class seats on the upper deck and 44 Premium Economy Class and 343 Economy Class seats on the main deck.
Singapore Airlines will retrofit its A380 fleet with its latest cabin products. Work is expected to start in late 2018, with all 14 aircraft scheduled for completion by 2020.
Airbus has been selected for the retrofit programme, which will be undertaken at SIA Engineering Company in Singapore.
The new cabin products will debut on five new A380s to be delivered this year and next year.
Singapore Airlines’ new A380 cabin offers more personal space in all classes. The aircraft will accommodate a total of 471 passengers, with six private Suites and 78 Business Class seats on the upper deck and 44 Premium Economy Class and 343 Economy Class seats on the main deck.
Airbus’ Global Market Forecast projects that over the next 20 years the commercial aircraft upgrades services market will be worth US$180 billion, driven in part by high competition between airlines who value the ‘passenger experience’ as a differentiator (comfort, connectivity etc.), as well as systems upgrades.
Some 38% of this demand will come from the Asia-Pacific region.