In a nod to its history, the non-stop Singapore-Newark New Jersey service reclaimed the same flight number that was used when SIA operated the route between and That particular service was axed when high fuel prices, among other factors, made it unsustainable. Oil prices are on the march again but, this time, SIA hopes to make it work with a more fuel-efficient aircraft - the Airbus ULR - which the Singapore carrier is the first to fly.

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For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. It's not very often you board a plane bound for Newark, New Jersey, and get a champagne send-off with cabin staff providing a cabaret of songs from The Great American Songbook. Let's face it. Newark doesn't spring to mind when you think of great holiday destinations in the US. The plane will fly the world's longest non-stop route, Singapore to New York, from October Video: Airbus.
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Capt Leong will take the stick for both take-off and landing. Got questions for him? The flight in a nutshell: There are 17 crew members, including four in the cockpit and 13 in the cabin. There are passengers in two classes - Business and Premium Economy. I was one of the last passengers to get a confirmed seat on this flight, so I was pleasantly surprised to learn at check-in that I had gotten 32K, an aisle seat closest to the window - the best of both worlds, in my opinion. Upon boarding, I find out that the window seat is vacant, which is a really lucky thing because I was just wondering how on earth I was going to manage moving all my gear in and out of the overhead bin.
McNaughton , an advisor to Robert McNamara. The aircraft were both operating under instrument flight rules IFR and in radio contact with the Asheville control tower, though on different frequencies. The accident investigation carried out in the aftermath of the crash was the first major investigation ever conducted by the newly created National Transportation Safety Board. A review of the investigation, conducted 39 years after the crash, upheld the original findings that had placed primary responsibility on the Cessna pilot.