Singapore Airlines First Class and Suites cabins by route to March 2024

Last month Singapore Airlines confirmed its flight schedules for the northern summer season from November 2023 through to March 2024, including days of operation and aircraft type allocation, and we’re now taking the opportunity update to our longstanding guide to the carrier’s First Class and Suites cabin products, by route and individual flight number.

While SIA operates one of five different Business Class seat types on every single route across its network, it’s not the same story for the carrier’s most prestigious First Class cabins, which were even completely withdrawn for a year between June 2020 and June 2021, due to aircraft groundings caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since then First Class and Suites have happily made a progressive return to key destinations on the Singapore Airlines network, with 15 cities now seeing regular operation with these sought-after products.

Only two seat types remain

Before COVID-19 there were four different First Class and Suites cabin products still in service with Singapore Airlines, depending on the aircraft type and route or flight number you were travelling on.

However, the carrier confirmed to us back in November 2020 that all 12 of its Airbus A380s returning to the fleet would feature the latest Suites refit prior to re-entry to service, meaning we had already seen the end of the pioneering 2007 Suites from the Singapore Airlines network.

That was bittersweet, as it was the product we personally loved the most.

Additionally, premature retirement of the Boeing 777-300 (non-ER) aircraft meant we had already seen the last of the 2006 First Class cabin.

That leaves only one First Class and one Suites product in use across the fleet in 2023, as shown below.

Image	Seat Guide	Aircraft
2013 F	Here	Boeing 777-300ER (77W)
2017 R	Here	Airbus A380 (388)

An all new First Class / Suites product for the airline’s Boeing 777-9 aircraft will be introduced when that aircraft type finally enters service in 2025 or 2026, after around a five year delay.

Changes for the upcoming season

Before we get into the route and flight number tables for First Class and Suites products on the network, it’s worth pointing out that between now and the end of March 2024 Singapore Airlines is tweaking the distribution of these cabins, most notably as follows:

• Auckland regains A380 Suites from 22nd November 2023, for the first time since pre-COVID, as we reported earlier this year.
• Beijing rejoins the First Class fold for the first time since the pandemic, with Boeing 777-300ER service on one of two daily flights kicking off from 29th October 2023.
• Hong Kong loses its 777 First Class option from 29th October 2023, leaving only the daily Airbus A380 offering a Suites cabin.
• Melbourne loses its A380 Suites option from 21st November 2023, in a seasonal ‘switcheroo’ with the Auckland route, but retains 777 First Class on one daily flight.
• Shanghai loses A380 Suites in early October 2023, replaced with 777 First Class, but then regains the superjumbo again from early January 2024.
• Tokyo Narita regains its A380 Suites service from late October 2023, as we recently reported.

First Class and Suites cabins by route and flight number

We’ve updated our seat type list through to the end of the IATA northern winter 2023/24 season (from now until 30th March 2024) to help you avoid the guesswork by offering an A-Z destination list, flight number by flight number, for each of these two seat types.

To view flight number list and the corresponding seat or suite type information, click the route of your choice to expand the table.

Routes are to and from Singapore (SIN).

Updated: 26th September 2023
Valid until: 30th March 2024

Non-Singapore routes

If you’re flying in First Class or Suites with Singapore Airlines on a flight sector not originating or ending in Singapore, here are the seat types used on those services.

Updated: 26th September 2023
Valid until: 30th March 2024

New First Class lounges

At the end of May 2022, Singapore Airlines finally unveiled its latest SilverKris First Class Lounge and The Private Room at Changi Airport T3.

That means apart from the reopened First Class check-in facility, a full experience now awaits once again for those flying in the carrier’s most premium cabins from home base.

The post-COVID First Class experience

Back in September 2021 we travelled in First Class on the inaugural VTL flight from Frankfurt to Singapore, and we were happy to report that the experience hasn’t lost its shine, despite a few COVID restrictions still being in place.

See our comprehensive review for a full rundown on our flight.

Pre-COVID reviews

In mid-2018 we concluded our round-the-world trip in First Class on SQ1 from San Francisco to Singapore via Hong Kong in the 2013 F cabin, and had the chance to thoroughly review it including both a long-haul and short-haul experience across the two stages of the journey.

If you haven’t tried the product, while we can’t recommend parting with Advantage award rates, we don’t think you’d be disappointed.

Meanwhile here’s our review of the Suites cabin (including the double bed), which was the first flight on our 2018 round-the-world trip from Singapore to Hong Kong.

What about Business Class?

In case you missed it, we have an equivalent (and continually updated) guide showing where SIA’s Business Class seat types are flying around the network, recently updated through to March 2024.

  Business Class Seat Types by Route

Singapore Airlines will offer a First Class or Suites cabin on up to 17 routes over the next seven months, between September 2023 and March 2024, including to and from cities like London, Sydney, Tokyo and Jakarta.

That tally now includes Beijing, which will be the latest city to see the 2013 First Class cabin reintroduced from October.

For Suites, it’s a sad loss for the Melbourne route, though Auckland is the beneficiary of the latest superjumbo shuffle from mid-November 2023.

With the new SilverKris First Class lounge and The Private Room in Singapore in full swing, it’s practically a full pre-COVID experience when travelling in SIA’s most luxurious classes, though with smaller cabins than ever before, securing Saver award seats does remain a challenge.

(Cover Photo: MainlyMiles)