Singapore Airlines to restart non-stop flights to USA with A359

[loldude333]

While IAD is a UA hub, SQ and UA have never been close (SQ announcing SFO direct within 1 month of UA's own flight is an example) and there's speculation anyway that UA may de-hub IAD.

SQ partners B6 and VX more in the US. ORD is a natural choice not so much because of the UA hub but the O&D demand, and SEA could be one to watch with the VX and Alaska Airlines merger - SQ could work with Alaska for feed for SEA.

Thanks for the insight. I'm not familiar with the exact relationship between SQ and UA; have heard that though officially partners they're hardly chummy.

[ek&sq]

We started the year with no nonstop flights to the US. Now we have UA2 and SQ32 minutes behind each another en route to SFO!



Another interesting tidbit- this route is the longest 787 flight, and now, also the longest A350 flight.

Picture and trivia courtesy of Flightradar24.

[shikhargpt]

BTW, Air India today staked a claim (for 2 years) to the longest distance flight. It switched tracks of its DEL - SFO flight from a Westerly track (flown over the Atlantic) to an Easterly one (flown over the Pacific), giving it a distance of 15,300km. Flight time is, surprisingly, down to 14.5 hours from about 16.5 hours thanks to 138 km/h tailwinds on the sector.