Los Angeles Times
4 Mar 2008
Peter Pae
Flights with all-business-class seats popular for trips across the Atlantic will finally fly across the Pacific.
Today, Singapore Airlines is expected to announce plans to add daily business-class-only flights in May to the carrier's namesake city from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, followed by service from Los Angeles International Airport in September.
Both flights are the world's longest, with the Newark route the farthest in distance at 10,357 miles and the LAX service the most enduring at nearly 19 hours.
The round-trip fare from LAX is expected to be about $8,000.
The flights, which will have 100 business-class seats, would be the first of their kind for transpacific travel and follow a growing list of carriers offering all-business-class service across the Atlantic.
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