UNITED Airlines will be launching daily direct return flights from Singapore to San Francisco starting June.
The inaugural flight will take off on June 1 from San Francisco International Airport and the return flight will depart from Singapore Changi Airport on June 3.
Utilising a 252-seat Boeing 787-900 Dreamliner with two-class configuration, flights leave Singapore at 08.45 and land in San Francisco at 09.15. Return flights will depart from San Francisco at 23.25 and arrive in Singapore at 06.45.
Flight times now total to 16 hours and 20 minutes westbound, and 15 hours and 30 minutes eastbound, roughly four hours less travel time required compared to United Airlines’ existing service which requires a transfer at Japan’s Narita Airport.
Following the launch, United Airlines will cease its service between Singapore and Tokyo from June 2.
