British Airways has revealed a welcome change to its Singapore network, with a reintroduction of Boeing 777-300ERs from the start of the northern winter season on 30th October 2022, which will see the carrier offer daily Sydney and London flights with the latest Club Suite and new First Class cabins installed.
The shift will also boost premium capacity on both routes, most significantly in Business Class with the larger aircraft boasting 76 flat-bed seats in a 1-2-1 configuration, compared to 42 of the older Club World seats on Boeing 787-9 jets currently plying the BA15/16 service.
The schedule
British Airways currently operates a daily service from Singapore to Sydney and a daily service from Singapore to London:
- BA15: 19:25 SIN to Sydney (787-9)
- BA16: 22:25 SIN to London (787-9)
Both flights are operated by 216-seat Boeing 787-9s, which offer four travel classes – First, Club World (Business), World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy) and World Traveller (Economy).
From 30th October 2022 the London route will gain an extra service with the reintroduction of BA11/12 flights, using Boeing 787-9s, while the existing BA15/16 services to Sydney and London will upgauge to the Boeing 777-300ER.
These larger jets still have a four-class configuration, but the good news is British Airways is using newly delivered Boeing 777-300ERs, or those retrofitted from the older configuration, on all its BA15/16 flights this upcoming winter season.
That means they will boast BA’s latest cabin products, including the direct aisle access Club Suite with closing privacy doors.
The Singapore – Sydney schedule is shown below, with the new cabins operating on highlighted flights.
Singapore Sydney
30th October 2022
to 25th March 2023
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
 |
BA15 777-300ER |
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| SIN 20:10 |
SYD 06:55* |
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* Next day
Sydney Singapore
30th October 2022
to 25th March 2023
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
BA16 777-300ER |
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| SYD 16:30 |
SIN 21:30 |
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The Singapore – London schedule is shown below, with the new cabins operating on highlighted flights.
Singapore London
30th October 2022
to 25th March 2023
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
BA16 777-300ER |
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| SIN 23:05 |
LHR 05:15* |
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|
BA12 787-9 |
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| SIN 23:15 |
LHR 05:25* |
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* Next day
London Singapore
30th October 2022
to 25th March 2023
| Days | |||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | |||
|
BA11 787-9 |
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| LHR 18:50 |
SIN 15:55* |
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|
BA15 777-300ER |
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| LHR 21:35 |
SIN 18:45 |
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* Next day
This will bring BA’s weekly departing passenger capacity out of Singapore Changi to 5,068, two-thirds of the 7,469 seats it was operating from the airport pre-COVID, when a mix of Airbus A380 and Boeing 777-300ERs was used.
In Business Class, however, BA will have restored 93% of its pre-COVID capacity with 1,358 departing seats each week compared to 1,463 before the pandemic, thanks to the significantly larger 76-seat Club Suite cabin on the airline’s latest 777-300ER fits.
New Club Suite
British Airways has opted for a heavily customised version of the Collins Aerospace ‘Elements’ Business Class seat, previously known as the ‘Super Diamond’ seat.
Gone is the old 2-4-2 ‘yin-yang’ arrangement used on the older British Airways Club World cabin, in favour of direct aisle access for all passengers in a 1-2-1 layout.
Although the product is also widely used by Qatar Airways (the model predating the Qsuite, see our review), China Airlines, Air Canada and American Airlines among others, British Airways was the first airline to install a privacy door at each seat.
Indeed BA was the first airline in Europe to install seats with individual doors in Business Class.
It’s certainly a far cry from BA’s existing Club World Business Class product, which has been flying on the Singapore route for many years now.
Do note that the privacy door at each Club Suite seat is only 115cm tall, around chest-height, so passengers and crew walking past your seat can still see inside, even with the door closed.