United Airlines to Launch Daily Nonstop Flights Between San Francisco and Singapore

United Airlines is to launch daily nonstop flights between its San Francisco International Airport hub and Singapore’s Changi Airport, effective 1 June 2016 and subject to government approval.

United will be the first airline to offer nonstop flights between San Francisco and Singapore.

The Boeing 787-9 aircraft operating the new San Francisco - Singapore service will feature a total of 252 seats – 48 in United BusinessFirst and 204 in United Economy, including 88 Economy Plus seats with added legroom and increased personal space.

Measured by distance, the San Francisco - Singapore service will be the longest scheduled 787 flight operated by any airline and the longest scheduled flight operated by any U.S. carrier, at 8,446 miles.

“We are very excited about introducing nonstop flights between San Francisco and Singapore,” said Marcel Fuchs, United’s vice president of Atlantic and Pacific sales. “This long-awaited service has been made possible by the newest version of our customer-pleasing Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and will offer unique benefits to customers traveling between our West Coast hub at San Francisco and Singapore. Customers arriving to San Francisco will have dozens of options to connect to other cities across the Americas.”

Flight UA1 will depart San Francisco at 23:25 daily, arriving in Singapore at 06:45 two days later (all times local).

The return flight, UA2, will depart Singapore’s Changi Airport at 08:45 daily, arriving at San Francisco International Airport at 09:15 the same day.

Flying times will be approximately 15 hours and 30 minutes eastbound and 16 hours, 20 minutes westbound.

Singapore Schedule Changes

With the launch of nonstop San Francisco - Singapore service, United will terminate service between Singapore and Tokyo/Narita effective 2 June 2016 (eastbound).

United customers in Singapore may continue to choose to fly to Tokyo/Narita by using daily flights on ANA, United’s trans-Pacific joint venture partner, and to make connections at Narita to many cities in the U.S. on multiple flights operated both by United and ANA. United will maintain its daily service between Singapore and Hong Kong.

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