The SQ A340-500 has been categorized by SQ has a special purpose aircraft for specific markets. It will not be used elsewhere. Nor will the executive economy class be used on other aircraft. Finally, the A340-500 does not have a First Class section nor will it have on in the future because it takes up too much room. source: Airliner World, December 2003 > In a message dated 12/10/2003 6:19:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, > gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << I'll be surprised if they try it. It's hard to figure more than 7 hours > available for a roundtrip somewhere. With more than an hour ground stop at > destination X, that makes SIN-X only a 3 hour flight. Can you pay for a > 345 on such a short r/t, and do you want to risk the integrity of your > premium SIN/LAX service for it? >> > > Well, they place all sorts of prestigious planes on short trips all the time. > Also, there are not that many PAX on that plane. They could actually make > less than an hour turnaround quite easily. Not sure if they would do it, but > it could be a possible high end scheduled charter to Phuket or something of the > sort