Prior to the official inaugural destination of the A350 to Amsterdam in May 2016, Singapore Airlines flew the aircraft to KUL and CGK for crew familiarization. What better way to be one of the first to fly the A350?
SQ950 SIN-CGK
Departure: 0620
Arrival: 0705
9V-SMA, Singapore Airlines' first A350 frame
Boarding was smooth, with a fairly light load, with only the forward Business cabin about one-fifth occupied.
Business class seat 14K
The seat felt slightly smaller than the one on the 777-300ER. Great looking seat with lots of storage space, but with the same issues of the narrow foot well as per the 2006 product.
Side View - Seat 14F
Back view
High Ceilings
I think this is the best feature of this aircraft, the sense of space afforded by doing away with the centre overhead bins.
After a long taxi from gate E11 of Terminal 2 to Runway 02C, a smooth take-off run and then turn to the south for the short-hop to CGK. Another very noticeable feature is how quiet this aircraft is, probably more so than the A380.
Continued in Part 2
SQ950 SIN-CGK
Departure: 0620
Arrival: 0705
9V-SMA, Singapore Airlines' first A350 frame
Boarding was smooth, with a fairly light load, with only the forward Business cabin about one-fifth occupied.
Business class seat 14K
The seat felt slightly smaller than the one on the 777-300ER. Great looking seat with lots of storage space, but with the same issues of the narrow foot well as per the 2006 product.
Side View - Seat 14F
Back view
High Ceilings
I think this is the best feature of this aircraft, the sense of space afforded by doing away with the centre overhead bins.
After a long taxi from gate E11 of Terminal 2 to Runway 02C, a smooth take-off run and then turn to the south for the short-hop to CGK. Another very noticeable feature is how quiet this aircraft is, probably more so than the A380.
Continued in Part 2
