The New Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10

- Welcome aboard. - The first in the world. - Boeing 787-10. - Inaugural flight. - Welcome. (dramatic music) - Good evening Boeing South Carolina. (Audience applauding) The delivery of our new member of the 787, our 787-10. Just look at how beautiful she looks in the Singapore Airlines livery. (Audience applauds) - Built in Charleston and with engines made in Singapore. The 787-10 is powered by the Trent 1000 TEN. TEN means thrust, efficiency and new technology for this innovative aircraft. - It is an honor for us to be the first airline in the world to receive this incredible aircraft. The 787-10 is truly a magnificent piece of engineering and a true work of art.

For those of you who will be traveling with us on this delivery flight to Singapore tomorrow, I hope you are pleased with the new product. You will be the first in the world to experience it before the aircraft enters commercial service. (cameras clicking) (crowd applauding) (upbeat music) - Welcome aboard, Sam. Let me introduce you to our new regional business class seat on the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. The top three key features of the seat include the completely flat bed, as you can see here. With armrests. Secondly, as you can see, there is direct aisle access for all passengers.

And last but not least, a center divider that allows for personalized privacy. We also have here a vanity mirror, personal storage space, a business panel and something special for you. - Let me show you what the functions are like in economy class. So first, for the headrest, you can adjust it to make you feel comfortable. And then I can put it back and lift it up and you can put it forward. How do you feel? - Yes, I'm tall so this is better. - That's good. And then there's a neck lumbar for your comfort. There you have it, okay.

Can you lie down and feel it? - Oh, this is, yes, I feel my neck, there is a lower back here, so it is hidden. I didn't know this one. There's the button to recline. - Yes, it's easy, right? - Oh yeah. - Very comfortable. - Now I feel that I am in a much better position of comfort. - And right in front of you is the commercial panel that can charge your phone and the call button. This is one of our largest economy class screens. - Yes, I can see, everything can be touched. - Yes, exactly. - Slide. - And you can charge your laptop here. - Yes, then all seats have charging power. - Mr.

Goh, nice to meet you again. - Good to see you again, Sam. - Awesome, it's great to have a CEO talking directly to me. Allow me, I'm going to take off your shirt, sir. - Sure. Wow, that's great. Marvelous. - Thanks thanks. I don't think the 2XL that I make will fit you. - Probably not, but I would choose any size. - Oh, I'll give you one, in fact I tried to give it to the entire crew, the entire crew that works hard to ensure that the flight is successful here. - This is beautiful, thank you very much. - Thank my Lord.

In my opinion, Singapore Airlines is one of the top five-star

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. - Excellent. - How do you manage to satisfy your passenger? How can you deliver, stay compliant and what kind of advantage does Singapore Airline have over its competitor? - Look at this product. This is supposed to be something we will implement, our regional and medium-haul routes. And I think it's fair to say that this is an unrivaled product when it comes to mid-distance regional product offerings. - Your passenger is truly one of the most pampered passengers in the sky. - Our mission is to make sure we provide the best to our customers. - One more question, this one is difficult.

What did you like the most? The A-350 or the 787? Because you have both and both have a large number of orders. - Yes, I like both, of course. This is our latest product, but even as we speak as Singapore Airlines, we will always be looking at the next generation of new products. In fact, as we speak about our client, our colleagues in product innovation engineering are already beginning their research to look for the next product we would like to introduce in the triple seven line. - You're already way ahead of time. - Exactly, yes, so we are going to go to our customers to understand again what they would like to see in new airplanes, let's say four or five years from now. - Now I am going to invite Mr.

Goh to have a competition and I am desperate to win this competition. Guys, this is the first race, because we are one of the first to get on this new 787-10. Now Mr. Goh, the CEO of Singapore Airlines, is going to compete with me, he will sit back, to see who gets to the completely flat bed first, he will win this, by the way, sir, is there a prize or something? - Your shirt. - Oh, yes, if you win I'll give you my t-shirt, yes, of course. - If you win I'll get another shirt, I'll give it to you. - No, you will give me a first class ticket. - Ah, I see, okay. (laughs) - And I also have the referee here, so Mr.

Goh, are you ready for the race? - Ready. - Yes, you could lose your first class ticket again. - Alright, here we go. One two three. - I think you're going to win because you're smaller than me, my God. Yes, I am... - Mr. Goh. In completely flat position. - Together. - Together? - It's a tie. - It's a tie? - Thanks thanks. - By the way, to give you more space on the side, you press the button - Oh, we can do this. - Yes - Oh, much broader. - Do you like what? - Guys, I like it because it's very flat and it has this cocoon here, so it's a nice layer of privacy.

The delivery flight of the world's first Boeing 787-10 will depart at 10:00 p.m. in the afternoon from Boeing South Carolina in Charleston. This is the site where the Boeing 787-10 is exclusively built. This will be the longest delivery flight, lasting just under 24 hours. Hello. - Welcome aboard, sir. - Good night. - May I show you your seat, Mr. Chui? - Yes. - Thank you, she will take care of Mr. Chui please. - I carry you? - Cross straight. -This will be her seat, Mr. Chui. - Thank you. - Hello. - [Flight stewardess] Welcome aboard - To the left, to the left. - Welcome aboard. - Thanks thanks. - Thank you so much.

Thank you. Oh, I'm going to lose my cardigan. Thank you so much. Service, that's service. - Cross to your left. - Thank you thank you very much. - Hello. - Thank you. - 14B, ma'am, seat 14B is on the other side to your left. - Thank you. - Do you need help with your suitcases? - Oh no, it's okay, thank you. - Hello, welcome aboard, the world's first Boeing 787-10. Miss Carrie, 72 Julien, this way, please. Zack, oh my god. -Sam. - That honor. - It will always be in my shot. - 15D, it's a great seat. 15D is in economics.

Are you going to economics? Singapore Airline offered you an upgrade today, so at 15D turn left, Mr. Zack. - Thank you so much. (dramatic music) - As you can see, there is already a lot of excitement aboard the delivery flight. Boeing and Singapore Airline senior management, suppliers and media from around the world are invited. Matt, what do you think of the 787-10? - I think it's amazing. You know, I've never been on a delivery flight before, so experiencing this is pretty surreal for me, and you know, these seats are great, and as someone who flies economy a lot, I'm very impressed by their economy class. also. - Are you flying economy class tonight? - Yes, I'm going to spend seven hours in the back of this bus. - Could you share with us what the flight time to Osaka will be? - Today the winds are pretty good, actually.

Our plan is 14 hours and 25 minutes and we are cruising at mach .85, which is 85% of the speed of sound. Initially we will climb to 32,000 feet and along the way, as our wind increases, we will climb to 41,000 feet. - Thank you very much sir, I wish you a safe flight. Special t-shirt on the occasion of this 787-10 Dreamliner flight. I'll present one to the CEO of Singapore Airlines. Mr. Gho, may I allow you to present the special jersey for tonight's historic occasion? (dramatic music) The advantage of the delivery flight is that you can film all the content you want to promote it.

Of course, you will be able to test the new product and familiarize yourself with the general public. (dramatic music) - Ladies and gentlemen, your captain of the flight deck we have, we will do it very soon, we will go north to Calgary and northwest and cross into Canada and into Alaska. From Alaska, continue straight north. Japan and landing in Osaka. (engines whirring) - Hello, thanks for the t-shirt. - Wow. - If it's not Singapore Airlines Boeing, I'm not going. -And with me is Mr. Dinesh and he is the senior vice president of sales for Asia-Pacific, so he is obviously very proud to have sold this aircraft to Singapore Airlines. - Absolutely. - There is only one inaugural flight in the world and this is the 787-10 launch flight and tonight we made history on the way to Singapore.

So Dinesh, what I want to know is why Singapore bought the -10, what is the difference between the -10 and the 787-9, of which there are already more than 650 flying in the world. - Perfect, then 787 is a family and as you said, we have delivered 650 which are -8 and -9 and what is special about -10 is if you want to earn even more money than you earn with -8 and -9 this. It's the plane. This plane has about 40 more seats than the -9 and with that you can reduce the cost per seat. - I want to run the airline of the future.

It's called Air Sam Chui because I have so many followers and fans on YouTube who would love to fly on my airline. My

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will have a swimming pool and a casino inside, could they deliver something like that? - We can make Boeing do anything as long as it has the right amount of money. - Oh right, would you give me a discount if I pay you in cash? - Absolutely, we always offer you the best price that will give you the value with which you can make money. That's why we sold thousands of airplanes, because our customers enjoy them and our direct airline customers like you will make money from them. - Oh my God, I have $160 right now, what does Dinesh give me? - You can start collecting, give it to me, I'll keep it for you and when you get more, come see me. - Alright. - Sam, welcome to our delivery flight, as you can see, it is not our regular flight.

Today we serve from Boeing. Dinner tonight will be Beef Filet with Teriyaki Chicken, Grilled Salmon, and Stuffed Portobella Mushrooms. Which one would you like to have for dinner? (dramatic music) - So guys, because this is a delivery flight, everything is taken care of by Boeing and it's not the usual Singapore Airlines standards as you would expect, as you might already know. We have everything in a box and tray, disposable plastic knife, plastic fork, but the food is good. Here I have teriyaki chicken that smells really good, key lime pie and green salad with smoked salmon as an appetizer and a brown roll. (dramatic music) All the media members had a very long day from early in the morning with interviews and a tour of the Boeing plant, so after dinner we were super tired and the cabin light was dimmed to A much needed rest, I slept about eight hours soundly. before breakfast service as we approached the other side of the Pacific. (dramatic music) - Today we have four options, ham and cheese omelet with blueberry pancakes, grilled vegetable omelet, and this is the vegetarian option which is scrambled eggs.

This is your ham and cheese omelette, it is a delight, enjoy. - It was a fairly normal flight and the plane worked perfectly as it has in recent days. A very smooth ride and a nice landing too. The plane is a very impressive and very efficient aircraft. We are quite impressed with its fuel efficiency, a very nice airplane. - Okay, good to know, thank you Captain. - Thank you. - And how do you feel after flying 14 hours and 30 minutes in this beautiful plane? - I'm checking my skin because the Boeing Dreamliner is supposed to moisturize the skin and the humidity is supposed to make it feel better. - You're getting younger, I think. - I think you are getting younger, every flight you take on a Dreamliner. - That's why I'm ten years younger now because I fly so many 787 flights. - Local time 2:30 in the morning guys working very hard to deliver the catering on board.

This is different now, apart from Boeing catering, this is Singapore Airlines' inflight catering. - 14 hours - It's incredible, I slept most of it. - Sorry, sorry gentlemen, Brian, Sam, unfortunately today we only have one seat left in business class. - Wait wait wait. - That? - But there are two of us. - I understand, I'm very sorry. - We don't fly economy class. - I understand, but I have a solution for you. - Well. - This bear right at the back of the plane now whoever grabs the bear first will get the last seat in business class. - Oh, it's on Sam. - The game starts. - Alright. - Don't run, walk hard, whoever gets the bear will get the last seat in business class.

Gentlemen, at his signal, three, two, one. (laughs) - Nooo! - It's mine. Nooo! Economics Brian, economics over six hours, here we go. - See you later guys, see you in Singapore. - Give us some structure, let's do some exercises to regain energy on the plane. - Well. - Put your hands up and both hands together and now stretch and now turn to the left. Very good. - It will take us six and a half hours to continue to Singapore. We expect conditions to be generally mild; at this moment there is a kindjet stream right above us.

So we expect slight bumps, but we will stay well below the jet stream at 32,000 feet. And our final cruising level today will be 40,000 feet. We hope to arrive in Singapore on time, shortly before ten in the morning. - So Captain, I would like to know how many 787-10 Singapore Air will carry this year. - This year we are receiving eight of the 49 and we have begun training our crew and we have approximately 80 pilots who will be trained at the end of May. (dramatic music) - It's only about five hours until we land in Singapore. It has been a great experience.

Long flight, almost 24 hours have passed since takeoff in Charleston and then landing in Singapore. The 24-hour delivery flight has to be the longest in the world. Now I'm just working on some of the clips from the movie, as you can see. (dramatic music) After about two hours on the ground in Kansai we were in the air again, this time everyone is awake in the cabin. Television and digital media began filming, reporters were busy interviewing and filing stories. Another breakfast is served this time the catering is from Japan, I had a really delicious grilled salmon dish. (dramatic music) (speaks Japanese) - Hello, David - Sam. - Hi how are things? - Hello, how are you enjoying the flight?

I would rate it as possibly the best regional business class in the world. It's now a big jump from what Singapore Airlines had previously. We are looking for direct access to the island for all passengers. We're looking at a completely flat bed and there are a lot of other little details that I think are great about this seat. I mean, for example, if you're working like me here, you have this little power panel with two USB Ports, and they're high power ports. Then, you can plug in a large phone or tablet and charge it. You have air conditioning there, you can put tablets and other things here in this area.

I think there's another lovely touch here: the Alcantra material usually used in high-end automotive finishes, is very soft. It gives you a nice, warm and comforting feeling if you rest your head against it. But it's also good for noise reduction because instead of a hard surface redirecting noise, a soft surface like this absorbs noise. - They put it on sports cars. - Exactly, it's a very common finish there, so there are a lot of very thoughtful touches like that that make this seat match very well. Look at the A330, it has two, two, two seats, and there are these sloping sleepers, which are reclining.

You arrive at this, which has direct access to the island and a one, two, one layout and has a completely flat bed. This is a quantum leap for passengers and, again, the longer the trip, the better they will feel about it. The happier they will be. - It's so beautiful, thank you. - Thank you, it's so beautiful. - Thank you. - Thank you (plane rattle) - After more than 23 and a half hours traveling almost 11,000 miles, we finally brought the world's first Boeing 787-10 home to Singapore. It was a very proud moment for the airline and everyone on board.

That was my record for longest delivery flight. I hope you enjoyed the experience together and thanks for watching. (dramatic music)