Singapore Airlines A380 to fly New York – Frankfurt – Singapore

Singapore Airlines announced the launch of the Airbus A380, on the New York (JFK) – Frankfurt – Singapore route, operating from January 16, 2012. New York will be Singapore Airlines’ tenth global destination to receive the superjumbo, and the second point in the U.S., after Los Angeles was added to the list earlier this year. The Singapore Airlines A380 has proven exceptionally popular with customers, with strong loads on all routes it serves. System wide, more than 5.6 million customers have flown on the Airline’s A380s since the inaugural flight in October 2007 to Sydney.The daily A380 flights will replace an existing daily Boeing 747-400 service to New York’s JFK Airport via Frankfurt, representing a daily increase of 25% in seat capacity.