It’s quick-fire on the route announcements for the Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10 aircraft, following the news yesterday that Osaka flights would run twice per day on the new plane from 16th May 2018. We now have confirmation that this new aircraft will be used on a daily Tokyo rotation from 18th May 2018.
These new services will replace a 777-300ER on one of two daily Singapore to Tokyo Narita flights as SQ638 (the other Narita service – SQ12 – continues to Los Angeles and so cannot be replaced with the 787-10 due to range limitations).
The Schedule
From 18th May 2018 (19th May 2018 from NRT)
| Flight | From / To | Aircraft | Days |
| SQ638 | SIN2355 – NRT0800* | 787 | Daily |
| SQ637 | NRT1110 – SIN1720 | 787 | Daily |
* next day
As with the Osaka flights, the schedule is valid until the end of the northern winter season (late March 2019). Some minor timing changes occur when the northern winter timetable commences on 28th October 2018 (northern summer times are shown above) but the flights numbers don’t change and essentially the services continue as shown throughout.
An Interesting Replacement
Not many of us had our money on Tokyo being next to see the 787-10. After all – this route is currently exclusively served with the 777-300ER, boasting not only a first class cabin but a long-haul product in business class too.
Granted the aircraft currently used on the SQ638/637 flight is normally a 777-300ER Version 1 still awaiting a refit from the older cabin products, but in many ways this will be seen as a downgrade.
