Those traveling to Delhi and Mumbai on Singapore Airlines may soon find themselves on the new flagship A380, featuring Singapore Airlines’ new Suites and business class products.
It appears like Singapore Airlines’ next destination for their reconfigured A380 is India, as Singapore Airlines will fly the plane to both Delhi and Mumbai.
From August 1 through August 31, 2019, Singapore Airlines will fly a reconfigured A380 on the following flight to Delhi:
SQ406 Singapore to Delhi departing 4:50PM arriving 8:10PM
SQ403 Delhi to Singapore departing 9:55PM arriving 6:10AM (+1 day)
Then as of September 1, 2019, Singapore Airlines will fly a reconfigured A380 on the following flights to Mumbai:
SQ424 Singapore to Mumbai departing 7:00PM arriving 10:10PM
SQ423 Mumbai to Singapore departing 11:40PM arriving 7:40AM (+1 day)
Note that while the outbound flight is updated to reflect the A380, on many dates the return flight still shows a 777-300ER, so I imagine that’s in the process of being updated.
One of the downsides to Singapore Airlines’ new A380s is that they’ve greatly reduced Suites capacity. The former A380 Suites cabin featured 12 seats, while the new cabin features just six seats.
Not surprisingly, this smaller cabin has also meant that there’s a lot less award availability, given that it’s easier to sell six seats than 12 seats.
While Singapore Airlines currently flies the reconfigured A380 to Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Sydney, and Zurich, you’ll almost never find award seats on those routes.
I’ve noted in the past how the one route to consistently have award seats on the new A380 is Singapore to Shanghai, and you’ll often find two Suites seats there at the “Saver” level.
The good news is that much like the Shanghai route, Singapore Airlines has good A380 Suites award availability on flights to Delhi & Mumbai. So if you want to redeem Singapore KrisFlyer miles, there are some great opportunities here.
