Singapore Airlines Suites (A380 — 2017 product)

Singapore Airlines launched the current Suites product on the A380 in December 2017, replacing the 2007 first-generation Suites and reducing the cabin from 12 suites to six per frame across the front of the upper deck. The 2017 product is the genre reference for commercial First Class hardware — a 35-square-foot enclosed suite with a sliding door, a separate full-length bed that the crew prepares during the in-flight rest (rather than a seat that converts), and a Poltrona Frau swivelling armchair that remains independent of the bed. The centre suites 1A and 1F convert to a single double bed by lowering the partition between them — the only First Class configuration in commercial aviation bookable as a true double.

The product is deployed on 12 of SQ's 19 A380 frames; routes include SIN-LHR (the founding deployment), SIN-JFK (via Frankfurt on selected days), SIN-HKG (the shortest five-hour Suites flight and easiest award redemption), SIN-SYD, and SIN-FRA. The onboard catering programme is the strongest in First Class — Krug Grande Cuvée as the standard pour, Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve as the rotation, and the Book the Cook menu allows pre-order of signature dishes including the Lobster Thermidor and the satay platter (originally an SQ Suites exclusive that has migrated down the cabins). KrisFlyer Saver Suites space is the scarcest premium-cabin award in the world — typical strategy is to book 355 days ahead the moment the schedule loads, or use Alaska Mileage Plan or Air Canada Aeroplan partner awards which sometimes hold space SQ does not release to its own programme.