First non-stop flight between Singapore and San Francisco launched
The United Airlines flight takes between 15 hours and 30 minutes and 16 hours and 20 mins – shaving up to four hours off the travel time between the two cities.
Posted 03 Jun 2016 14:03
Updated 03 Jun 2016 23:23
CHANNELNEWSASIA
SINGAPORE: The first non-stop flight connecting Singapore and San Francisco – and currently the only non-stop service between Singapore and the United States – took off from Changi Airport on Friday morning (Jun 3).
The United Airlines flight, which uses the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, takes between 15 hours and 30 minutes and 16 hours and 20 mins – shaving up to four hours off the travel time between the two cities.
The flights depart from Changi Airport at 8.45am daily and arrive at San Francisco International Airport at 9.15am the same day (local time). The westbound flight will depart San Francisco at 11.25pm (local time) daily and arrive in Singapore at 6.45am two days later.
Marcel Fuchs, the airline’s Vice-President of Atlantic and Pacific Sales, said that with 3,500 US companies registered in Singapore, there is strong demand for the flight.
“Many of the customers this morning were from IT companies and were congratulating us on starting this new daily non-stop service," he said.
- CNA/cy
The United Airlines flight takes between 15 hours and 30 minutes and 16 hours and 20 mins – shaving up to four hours off the travel time between the two cities.
Posted 03 Jun 2016 14:03
Updated 03 Jun 2016 23:23
CHANNELNEWSASIA
SINGAPORE: The first non-stop flight connecting Singapore and San Francisco – and currently the only non-stop service between Singapore and the United States – took off from Changi Airport on Friday morning (Jun 3).
The United Airlines flight, which uses the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, takes between 15 hours and 30 minutes and 16 hours and 20 mins – shaving up to four hours off the travel time between the two cities.
The flights depart from Changi Airport at 8.45am daily and arrive at San Francisco International Airport at 9.15am the same day (local time). The westbound flight will depart San Francisco at 11.25pm (local time) daily and arrive in Singapore at 6.45am two days later.
Marcel Fuchs, the airline’s Vice-President of Atlantic and Pacific Sales, said that with 3,500 US companies registered in Singapore, there is strong demand for the flight.
“Many of the customers this morning were from IT companies and were congratulating us on starting this new daily non-stop service," he said.
- CNA/cy
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