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hello again welcome to another trip report this time were flying on singapore airlines A350 regional configuration down to hongkong for my hari raya puasa vacation and really excited to try out what the cabin look like on the regional configuration as the a350 regional was introduce in 2018 as a replacement to the A330 300 and B777 regional series and it also operates 6 daily service with a mixture of A350 long haul (9v sm) and (sj series) and regional sh series and A380 800 refurbished sk series however is was downgraded to a B777 300 ER (sw and sn) series due to operation reasons
fun fact about singapore airlines a350 regional it doesnt have premium economy and meant for flights with a range up to 8 hours
Check in was done online on the singapore airlines website a day prior to departure and obtain a online boarding pass as well and we selected the seats all the way at the rear of the A350 900 regional and also obtain a phsyical boarding pass and bag tags as well as drop off our suitcase at the automated checkin machine of row 3/4 of changi airport terminal 3 upon reaching the aiport from my home .Immigration was quick using eiacs and made our way to Gate A12 for boarding and also spotted A380 9V SKN arriving from mumbai india
security take place at the gate and scanning the boarding pass at the gate agent before entering the holding area upon scanning also recieve the arrival card to enter hongkong and boarding was organised and called in groups starting from business class to economy and our ride to hongkong was a 5 year old A350 900 regional 9V nine victor SHG (Sierra hotel golf )
Estimated flight time 3 hour and 20 minutes
actual flight time 3 hour and 19 mins
aircraft airbus A350 900
registration 9v-shg (Sierra hotel golf)
delivered in may 2019 (age 5 years old)
equip with rolls royce trent xwb engine
we also boarded by the back door and given the earphone by the jet bridge and wall all the way to the back of the a350 900 regional my seat was 70 E the middle last row of the a350 regional the seat was great and the inflight entertainment screen also known as krissworld was new as the panasonic ex3 since it was using thales avant with newer interface even the flightmap was interactive as well the boarding music was played throughout even the promotional video of the month movie selection there even a free wifi on most singapore airlines when becoming as a krissflyer member however the wifi was not working for this flight
hot towel service was given as well and the flight time is estimated to be 3 hours and 15 minutes and also start off with my first movie willy wonka and the chocolate factory 1971 a classic flim to the charlie and the chocolate factory 2005 and the new wonka movie 2023
we push back ontime and the safety video was played with mandrain chinnese subtitles and engine was started with slight sound of the a350 flaps
we taxi past terminal 3 and takeoff from runway 2 R shortly after takeoff the seatbelts sign went off and brunch service began also the choice are omellete with country style chicken patties or soy braised pork belly with vermicelli also know as tau yu bak the menu can be check on the singapore airlines website or the menu option on the new function of the a350
the meal service was started from the front to the back and i choose the omelette with country style chicken patties a try it was more delicious as well as the egg and the potatos even the usual bread and butter ,fruits and yogurt and mineral water bottle as well there even no dessert on morning flights out of singapore
shortly during the meal service i watch another movie which is wall E 2008 few hours gone past and begin to decent to hongkong airport with landing music played and touchdown at runway 7L ontime at 12.12pm and parked at gate 28 of hkg airport
seatbelt sign were switch off and took quite a while to disembark the aircraft and take 5 minutes walk to the immigration and there quite long queue for the visitor lane however it was quick and efficent and proceeded to baggage claim to pick up my suitcase and then head to the ground transportation centre to catch the cityflyer buses to the city
there are many airport buses operated by long win buses LWB and cityflyer bus to go to the city and the ride can be paid with octopus card a public transport card allow to take many public transport around hongkong such as the bus,tram,MTR train and the public transport system is much efficent as singapore for this trip we stayed at best western plus hongkong which requires to take Cityflyer service A10 bus
The CItyflyer service A10 bus came 15 minutes later and tap the octopus card to get onboard the bus and kept the suitcase at the lugguage rack and sitted at the front of the upper deck of the cityflyer bus and enjoyed the sceenery along the way and alight at the bus stop behind the best western plus hotel in sai ying pun district of hongkong island
and that all for the trip report see you again soon on pheeplanes bye for now
Although the a350 regional was quite a good product for 3 to 6 hour flight even comfortable service i wont mind taking a350 900 regional product again as it was better than the older a330 300 and b777 200 that i have taken in 2014 to 2016
Les contributeurs de Flight-Report ont posté 51 avis concernant 4 compagnies sur la ligne Singapore (SIN) → Hong Kong (HKG).
La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Singapore Airlines avec 8.7/10.
La durée moyenne des vols est de 3 heures et 47 minutes.
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This is one of my favorite aspects of Changi, incredibly efficient compared to the US. Then again everything in Asia is.
Hot towel service!? Wow I am impressed! The meal looks amazing flight of 3 hours. I just sat 6 hours in economy 2 days ago and all I got was a single pack of biscoff cookies…
my only quirk with Singapore airlines is the cost. It’s up there with EK price wise but sometimes there can be some good deals. Thanks for sharing this great flight report!
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