Singapore A350 ULR with maximum comfort and new business class.

Singapore Airlines' new long-range Airbus A350 ULR will be fitted with a new generation of business class and possibly first class.

Source: Alexander Hassenstein

Due to take wing in 2018 with non-stop flights from Singapore to Los Angeles and New York, the long-legged variant of the A359-900 – dubbed the A350-900ULR – will carry around 170 seats compared to just over 250 passengers in the standard A350-900.

Source: Felix Gottwald

The tip-to-tail mix of travel classes is expected to skew towards premium cabins such as business and first class so that passengers can enjoy maximum comfort on the long (19h.) non-stop flights.

Source: Felix Gottwald

Singapore Airlines revealed "the A350-900ULR aircraft will be fitted with all-new cabin products that are currently under development, and are scheduled to be delivered in 2018."

Source: Airbus

For Australian Business Traveller, this news increases the odds that Singapore Airlines' A350ULR will sport a small first-class cabin for added long-haul luxe, with the bulk of the jetliner given over to business class and possibly a compact premium economy cabin.

Based on the article “Singapore Airlines: 'all-new' business class on long-range A350” published in Australian Business Traveller.