Singapore Airlines (SIA) has unveiled new long-haul cabins whose First Class centre seats can be joined into a double bed, while Business Class will get sliding privacy doors for the first time.
The airline announced the designs on 6 November 2026, as part of an investment exceeding S$2 billion in new seats across First Class, Business Class, Premium Economy and Economy.
Passengers will start seeing the new cabins progressively from the second half of 2027.
First Class Centre Seats Become a Double Bed
Each First Class suite will close with a sliding door that follows a curved line. Passengers sharing the middle pair can ask for the partition between them to be pulled back completely.
With the partition gone, the pair can be used as a shared sofa or made up as a double bed of about 203cm by 152cm, which SIA says is the largest double bed on a commercial aircraft.
Couples or other passengers travelling together can also sit across from each other at the table for a meal. The new First Class product will be installed on Boeing 777-9 and Airbus A350-900 ultra-long-range aircraft.
Business Class Gets Doors & More Sleeping Space
In Business Class, each seat will be enclosed by a sliding door. Between the pair of seats in the middle of the cabin, an electric divider can be raised or lowered, so two travellers can share a more open space or keep their suites separate.
Each Business Class seat lies fully flat for sleep, stretching to about 201cm, with a width of up to 61cm. On some of the centre pairs, lowering the divider turns the two berths into companion beds.
SIA also changed how the table folds in — it now parks diagonally — so the well around a passenger’s feet is wider and it is easier to shift around after the seat has gone fully flat.
In First Class and Business Class, smart cabin controls can store a passenger’s preferred seat positions and bring them back on later flights.
Which Aircraft Get the New Cabins?
The rollout covers 41 retrofitted Airbus A350-900 long-haul and ultra-long-range aircraft, as well as SIA’s new Boeing 777-9s.
The Boeing 777-9 will feature all four new cabin designs. The retrofitted A350s will receive the new Business Class seats, while the ultra-long-range A350s will introduce First Class for the first time.
On the Boeing 777-9, Premium Economy will have a seat pitch of about 102cm, meaning the distance between the same point on successive rows. Features include adjustable headrests, leg and foot supports, and holders for personal devices.
Economy will get redesigned seat cushions, adjustable headrests and a revised reclining mechanism intended to give passengers more space around their knees and calves.
The A350s’ Economy and Premium Economy seat designs will remain unchanged.
As for whether the investment means higher fares, SIA chief commercial officer Lee Lik Hsin told Lianhe Zaobao that there was no direct link. He said ticket prices were determined by market supply and demand, rather than the aircraft type.
