The redesigned First Class cabin on Singapore Airlines’ A350-1000, which entered revenue service on 12 January 2026 between Singapore and London Heathrow, is the carrier’s first all-new top-of-cabin product since the A380 Suites debuted in 2017. I flew it on 14 February 2026 in seat 1A on flight SQ322, departing Singapore at 11:25 p.m.
The headline is the suite itself: 39 square feet enclosed by floor-to-ceiling sliding doors, with a separate 26-inch wide dining chair facing a 32-inch wide bed across a small writing surface. Unlike the older A380 Suites, the new cabin does not require crew intervention to convert between seat and bed configurations. Both exist simultaneously.
There are six suites total, arranged 1-1 on either side of the aisle in two staggered rows at the very front of the aircraft. Singapore’s choice to limit the cabin to six seats — the same count as the A380 — preserves an extraordinarily favorable crew ratio: two dedicated First Class flight attendants for the cabin throughout the flight, plus the chief stewardess on most rotations.
Hard product details: the bed is 82 inches long with a 6-inch dual-density mattress, dressed by Lalique with bedding embroidered in Lyon. The dining chair faces a 32-inch 4K OLED screen, the largest currently flying in any commercial cabin. There is a personal wardrobe, a vanity with a sit-down stool, and — new to the airline — a video-call function on the in-flight Wi-Fi that uses a dedicated antenna array.
Soft product is, as one expects from Singapore Airlines, conscientious. The on-demand dining menu was developed with the carrier’s Culinary Panel, which now includes Margot Henderson of Rochelle Canteen and the Bangkok-based chef Pim Techamuanvivit. I ate the lobster thermidor at 1 a.m. on a small linen-laid table, with a 2017 Krug Grande Cuvée; the lobster was correct, the linen-laid table was the correct decision, and the Krug at altitude is — as ever — the Krug at altitude.
Where the new product is meaningfully better than the A380 Suites is in the small operational details. The cabin temperature is independently controlled at the seat level, a feature long-standard on private aviation but new to a commercial First Class. The humidity, courtesy of the A350’s composite airframe, is noticeably higher than on the A380. And the sliding doors are, finally, full-height — a fix to the long-running complaint that the original Suites felt semi-private at best.
Where it falls short of the A380 Suites is in one area: there is no longer a double-bed configuration, which the A380 paired-Suite layout offered. Singapore Airlines confirmed during a press briefing on 8 January 2026 that no double-bed equivalent is planned for the A350. For couples flying together, this is the single substantive regression.
Routes: the A350-1000 First Class is currently scheduled on six daily rotations — Singapore-London, Singapore-Frankfurt, Singapore-Paris, Singapore-Tokyo Haneda, Singapore-Sydney, and Singapore-New York JFK — with two additional rotations to Los Angeles and Zurich planned for July 2026.
Pricing is essentially unchanged from the A380 Suites: a one-way Singapore to London books at S$11,400 in cash, or 132,000 KrisFlyer miles plus surcharges. Award availability through 2026, against the new cabin, has been visibly tighter than against the older A380 Suites — but the airline has confirmed that the new product will be eligible for KrisFlyer’s First Class Saver awards from October 2026 onward.
For the very-frequent first-class traveler, this is the new high-water mark of commercial aviation. For the rest of us, it is reason enough to plan the next long-haul carefully.