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United’s new Singapore service will be longest 787 flight
United Airlines will introduce daily non-stop flights between its San Francisco hub and Singapore’s Changi Airport from June 1, subject to government approval.
Using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, United will be the first airline to offer non-stop service between San Francisco and Singapore.
Measured by distance, the service will be the longest scheduled 787 flight operated by any airline.
Flying times will be approximately 15 hours, 30 minutes eastbound and 16 hours, 20 minutes westbound.
United claims this will save customers up to four hours’ journey time each way, compared its existing one-stop service and its competitors’ schedules.
The flight will also be the only non-stop service to the US from Singapore.
Flight UA1 will depart San Francisco at 11:25pm daily, arriving in Singapore at 6:45am two days later (all times local).
The return flight, UA2, will depart Singapore at 8:45am daily, arriving at San Francisco at 9:15am the same day.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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