Singapore Airlines will undertake a $1.1 billion retrofit of its long-haul Airbus A350-900 aircraft, including the installation of a first-class cabin on the A350-900ULR planes that fly from Singapore to New York, Newark and Los Angeles.
The airline will overhaul 41 planes in a multiyear project.
So far, the airline is tight-lipped about seat details. The first-class cabin will have four suites, with Singapore Airlines vowing to "deliver an unparalleled in-flight experience." The airline will also retrofit all 41 planes with new business-class suites, which it promises will offer enhanced levels of privacy, comfort and convenience.
Singapore will also refresh premium economy cabins on all planes and economy cabins where they exist, though the ULR planes don't have economy seats.
Singapore uses its slightly shorter-range A350-900LR to serve San Francisco and Seattle. Singapore's service to Houston will end in March, prior to any retrofitted planes being introduced.
The cabin designs will be the same as the ones that Singapore plans to introduce on the 31 Boeing 777-9s that it has on firm order.
The first retrofitted A350-900 long-haul aircraft is expected to enter service in the second quarter of 2026, while the first A350-900ULR will follow in the first quarter of 2027. The entire project is targeted for completion by the end of 2030.