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Captain Indranil Ray Chaudhury will pick up SIA's first A350-900ULR aircraft in Toulouse in September. He will also fly the Newark-Singapore leg of the service's first flight in October.
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Karamjit Kaur
There are rules to ensure that pilots on the non-stop 19-hour Singapore-Newark flight get enough rest.
These pilots must be given two days off before reporting for duty for the flight from Singapore.
