United will end its daily Los Angeles-Singapore service on
Oct. 25 and add a second daily flight between San Francisco and Singapore.
Suspension of the Los Angeles-Singapore route will come
almost exactly a year after United began the service, which is currently the
longest flight from the U.S. and the fourth longest in the world.
United said that shifting the Los Angeles flight to San
Francisco would enable it to offer more schedule flexibility to customers. Flights
will depart on both legs of the route every morning and evening.
"In addition to providing more schedule options for our
customers, the new frequency will utilize our premium morning San Francisco
bank and enable nearly 20 new one-stop connections from destinations throughout
North America and will connect Singapore customers to nearly 80 cities
throughout the U.S., including Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Dallas,"
United said.
Though United will end Singapore-L.A. service, codeshare
partner Singapore Airlines will resume service on the route after ending it in
2013 because of high fuel costs. The carrier will soon begin taking delivery of
Airbus A350-900ULRs, fuel-efficient and long-range aircraft it will use for Los
Angeles-Newark service.
Singapore has not yet set a launch date for the Los Angeles
flights.