Is Singapore Airlines really that good?
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2024
- Singapore Airlines is one of the world best airlines, however you don't have to fly to Singapore to fly on Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines is operating more routes within Europe. Singapore Airlines operate several 5th Freedom flights within Europe so today we are flying on Singapore airlines between Milan Malpensa airport in italy over to Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport in barcelona spain to find out if it is worth paying the extra to fly singapore airline within Europe.
This is a comprehensive self funded Trip report & aviation flight review of Singapore Airlines from Milan Malpensa Airport to Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport
#aviation #singaporeairlines #a350
Departure Airport: Milan Malpensa Airport
Destination Airport: Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport
Airline: Singapore Airlines
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Aircraft Registration: 9V-SMI
Fare Price: £94
Extras: Seat selection: N/A
Total Cost: £94
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What do you think about Singapore Airlines operating routes within Europe?
Nice video
They still offer a cracking service. It’s great to have them closer to home.
Was it significantly more expensive on this route than it would have been if you’d flown with other airlines?
Singapore Airlines is far better than Emirates
Fax lah😊
Yup, Emirates can never be.
I have flown on a Singapore A350 long haul (13hrs!) and it was one of the nicest long haul experiences to Oz. Great video and thanks
This reminds me of taking Singapore Airlines from Manchester to Munich a few years ago. I was used to no-frills Easyjet or frugal Lufthansa economy on narrow-body jets. And then i was quite surprised when I walked up to the gate as the huge 777 with its massive engines was waiting for us few passengers. The interior was comfy and plush, and the price was actually better than Lufthansa or Easyjet on that route, considering I needed checked luggage.
Woohoo! I always love a 5th freedom video and a Singapore Airlines intra-European one is the cherry on top! I got to fly their old route from CPH to FCO in 2021 before they cut that one off sadly. Also perfect timing for me cos on Friday I'll be flying Emirates' fifth freedom route from Malta to Larnaca, Cyprus on their 777 for my birthday, cos who doesn't love spending the day onboard widebody aircraft flying across the Mediterranean 😅
Singapore Airlines has flown from Manchester to Houston, on the way from and to Singapore, and back from before Covid came visiting, Flew to Houston last August excellent service all round.
Great video and what an opportunity to fly on the a350. Singapore appear to really look after you. Keep them coming 👍
Interesting to know about ! I knew about SIN-MAN-IAH and also SIN-FRA-JFK, but not this. Been meaning to see Milan and of course Barcelona is always worth re-visiting.
I flew Singapore Airlines by accident. We were booked on BA from ABZ to BNE. Due to storms in London, we misconnected. The flight the next day must have been full because BA flew us home on Singapore Airlines. They were great.
BA actually has fifth freedom rights between Sydney and Singapore
When my Family fly from Perth to Aberdeen, we always use Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, the other times we went through Manchester or London were horrible, how was your transfer at LHR?
1:41 Those screens cannot be compared with the marvelous Solari boards of the past.... Those glorious days of aviation are gone.
Good video!
I’ve never flown with Singapore Airlines before but it looks like a good airline to go with. Another fab video, Dom. Thank you 😊
Other widebody flights in Europe:
Scoot Boeing 787 between Berlin and Athens
Emirates Boeing 777 between Larnaca and Malta
Finnair Airbus A350 between Heathrow and Helsinki
There are a lot less now that British Airways retired their Boeing 767s. I also flew Amsterdam-Moscow on an Aeroflot A330 around 5 years ago, and I also had a British Boeing 747-400 from Moscow to Heathrow a couple of years prior to that. There are some Turkish wide bodies from Berlin and Frankfurt to Istanbul, do these count? These are all widebodies in Europe but obviously not 5th freedom.
I'm sure Ethiopian airlines operate some inter European routes as well
@jobychan4857 they do. Manchester to Geneva, Stockholm to Oslo, and Milan to Zürich
@@jobychan4857 yes they flew to Dublin a lot, but I don't know if passengers can board there. I was going to mention them but I forgot 🙂
It's always good to see a fifth-freedom check, Dom. That sector came about during the pandemic when SIA began to restart its European routes. There wasn't, at that time, the demand for separate flights to Milan and Barcelona hence the idea of this triangular routing. Fifth-freedom rights today are highly political and difficult to obtain ... as Emirates discovered when it wanted to operate Milan-New York (the Rome gov't refused to grant traffic rights but the Milanese won in the end !)
Just subscribed and a thumbs up.
Also fun fact, when I flew SQ from CPH to FCO, we actually didn't have to go through border control as they cleared all the inbound pax from SIN in CPH and the flight was contained within the schengen gates in Copenhagen. So I guess in your case they don't clear the SIN passengers in Milan before continuing onto BCN
Theres a few widebody routes already been mentioned but as well as Madrid to Barcelona Aer Europa often Fly 787s around Europe between Madrid and Paris/Tenerife Norte/Gran Canaria/Milan/Amsterdam and Rome. During the summer TUI fly their 787s between Manchester and Palma,Menorca,Corfu,Rhodes, Tenerife,Gran Canaria. Jet2 (air Tanker) fly there A330's to Palma, Tenerife and a couple of others. Aer Lingus use their A330s between Dublin and Malaga/Tenerife and 1 flight a day to Heathrow. Turkish fly A330s between Istanbul and Heathrow and also sometimes Manchester.
never flown with Singapore Airlines but will maybe look into them when I next fly to Australia to visit family -I flew there with Qatar just before the pandemic and they were great but its so expensive. Hope to see you try them sometime. And Ive never been on TUI either so look forward to seeing you try them too - short and long-haul. Nicely presented and edited too!
I usually fly the Manchester to Houston route on Singapore Airlines and it's amazing...5 star service
Thank you for flying Singapore Airlines, the airline of my country...
Security check don't be fast, we prefer Immigration to be fast lah...
Passengers without Boarding Passes maybe they are booking with different reservations and there are no issue of Boarding pass from their source.
It's a quirky route, for sure. My bucket list is to actually fly Singapore Airlines to/from Singapore itself.
Thanks for this video. Yes, please do a long-haul flight on Singapore Airlines!
Great video Dom I would love to see you fly Tui long haul. I have flown with them many times short haul to European holiday destinations and they were good. Would love to see a long haul video across the pond on a wide body B 787 and get your take on it! Cheers. 🙂
You don’t know what your missing . I rate them as the best. I have flown many airlines
During Corona they operated the Route Copenhagen-Rom, which I took. It was a 2 1/2h flight and I got served a proper meal (breakfast) and not just a Sandwich like on this flight, which I also took in both directions already
Love the video! How about TUI vs Jet2, on one of the routes which they compete on?
Singapore Airlines (and asian airlines such as JAL or ANA) provides that personal touch that most airlines lack.
I have taken Qatar and Emirates for multiple times and it was perpetually missing that personal touch. They were good but not great.
Trust Asians to give that personal touch! Loving Singapore Airlines! :)
Nice wet video.😁 You missed LATAM B787-9 MAD-FRA, business class is under 200quid or used to be.😉
The MAN-MUC service used to be good on the B77W. It would be good to see a TUI long haul service
Would love to see some European ferry routes featured on the channel.
RE: Wide body aircraft within Europe, during peak season British Airways & Iberia regularly use Airbus A350 & Boeing 777, I know someone who commutes between LHR-MAD at least twice a month , It's normally full and she now knows its best to walk to the galley to get a drink as they Iberia cabin staff can be a wee bit forgetful some times.
She did get a seat first class in a BA A350 as a large school group wanted to sit together .
You could fly on a TUI Dreamliner between Glasgow and Palma or Glasgow and Tenerife this Summer. Alternatively you could fly on a TUI 737 from Aberdeen.
nice video!
i have pretty good yes try them
In Europe there is still Virgin Atlantic and British Airways, Lufthansa as well
Hi there , Also from MXP Emirates fly an A380 to JFK which is a daily year round service .
SQ also fly an A380 thru FRA to JFK .
Christy 🇮🇪/🇵🇹 👍
yes. europe want the 5th freedom with singpaore becos of the traffic between Australia and Europe with singapore as stopver.
Not sure if it’s been answered before but FINNAIR also fly their widebody A350 between Helsinki and Heathrow
Aer Lingus fly an A330 Dublin to Malaga during summer season
Good stuff 👍 Milan airport in places looks like a barren abandoned industrial facility
SQ is the best!!👍❤️
I took this flight for only 50USD (checked bag and carry on included), it was by far the cheapest option
Should give Ethiopian Manchester to Geneva a350 a go
Is this flight (to Barcelona) bookable as a through destination from Singapore? i.e., were there people already on board who'd been on from Singapore?
There are passengers who fly the full route from Singapore to Barcelona.
Finnair do a350 to heathrow sometimes
They do A350 to LHR regularly, 1-2x daily. In addition, in the coming summer they'll also do A350/A330 to AMS on most days.
Aer Lingus fly a330s between DUB-FAO
Looks like an ungodly hour though
I think that you confuse TUI with Neos !
Oh no, a TUI flight is well.. my worst flight experience. Flying from Aberdeen to Tenerife with TUI, a good few years ago maybe 8 years ago.. was full of screaming kids, the most tightly packed flight I’ve ever been on with the worst leg room I’ve ever had (worse than BA and EasyJet), and constant sales tannoy announcements made it impossible to relax or sleep. Never again
Singapore Airlines should expand its operations in the uk like Emirates I know they operate from Heathrow,Gatwick abd Manchester but should operate more say Glasgow or Edinburgh or Newcastle or Birmingham etc I mean we nedd more expansion in the uk or more asian airlines on the uk or go further up north
SIA counts its pennies.
Emirates operates A380 from GlasgowAirport
@Planextravel yeah one daily thars all we get we nedd more choices like Manchester Airport
@@jamiesworld1690 As I noted above SIA is revenue conscious. If this airline finds a route would yield a profit then it would launch that route. So far, other than MAN, SIA's UK expansion has centered on London.
@alexmcwhirter6611 but there is demand I mean isn't every single airline both low cost snd full service revenue conceince regardless
We are living in 2024 not 1994 the idea of going dien South to change or transfer through London shouldn't be a thing anymore
We need choice and variety I mean Emirates a380 evrn one flightv a day not enough we need double daily
Plus Singapore Airlines,,cathay pasfic among other need to operate in the North like Newcastle or even Edinburgh would be ideal there University and business thzt would welcome Singapore Airlines among other to Scotland I mesn hiw long are we going to wait even til 2030 or 2040 or 2050 before we see Singapore Airlines operate from either Glasgow or Edinburgh