United Airlines will introduce daily non-stop flights between San Francisco and Singapore from June 1, 2016.

United will deploy a Boeing 787-9 on the route, becoming the airline with the longest scheduled 787 flight and the first airline to operate non-stop between Singapore and the US.

The airline currently flies to Singapore from Chicago via Hong Kong and from Washington Dulles via Tokyo Narita. The Narita-Singapore flight will be terminated with the launch of the new non-stop flight.

United’s trans-Pacific network from San Francisco will consist of Beijing, Chengdu, Hong Kong, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo Narita and Xi’an.

Details of the new flight are as follows.