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Singapore Airlines to Fly San Francisco-Singapore Nonstop to Compete With United

Brian Sumers

Photo Credit: Singapore Airlines had planned to wait for a long-range version of the Airbus A350 before restarting nonstops to the United States, but the carrier changed its mind.  Airbus / Airbus

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Singapore Airlines will defend its home turf against United Airlines by launching new non-stops between Singapore and San Francisco. The airline does not have the perfect aircraft, but it will make due for a couple of years until a better plane arrives.

Singapore Airlines will start flying nonstop between San Francisco and Singapore beginning in October, a route that will test the range of the carrier's new Airbus A350s. Singapore had not planned to resume nonstop flights to the United States until 2018, after it took delivery of a special long-range version of the A350, Airbus' newest widebody. But competitor United Airlines apparently forced its hand, with the Chicago-based airline starting its own San Francisco

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