100-seat A340 across the big Pacific

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Okay you fffoucers, keep pumping your chest about forcing change (new beverage carts!) and media campaigns against the sand folks.

Meanwhile, REAL airlines are continuing to raise the service standards.

SIA to bring all-business-class service to Pacific on A340-500s
Wednesday March 5, 2008
Singapore Airlines will open a new front in the increasingly heated competition for premium travelers, announcing yesterday that it will reconfigure its five A340-500s with 100 lie-flat business class seats for use on transpacific routes to the US.

Since the routes were launched several years ago, SIA has operated the A340-500s in a business class/premium economy configuration seating 181. Owing to range shortfalls, it never was able to incorporate a first class cabin into the aircraft. The all-business-class configuration will feature a 1-2-1 arangement.

Economy passengers will continue to have access to a daily 747-400 flight between SIN and New York JFK, a daily 747-400 flight to LAX via Tokyo Narita and a four-times-weekly 777-200ER service to LAX via Taipei.

by Brian Straus ATWOnline.com