On the main deck, that aircraft has 44 premium economy seats and 343 in economy.<\/p>\n
Its upper deck has 78 business-class seats and six suites.<\/p>\n
The rest of Singapore\u2019s fleet includes its own 777s, the 787-10 Dreamliner<\/a>, and the narrowbody 737-8.<\/p>\n Latam cuts earnings forecast in jet fuel turmoil<\/p>\n Chile\u2019s Latam, which flies from Auckland to South America, has cut forecast earnings as jet fuel prices gobble up airline money<\/a>.<\/p>\n Latam\u2019s share price on the Santiago Stock Exchange has fallen from about 29 Chilean pesos in early February to about 21 today.<\/p>\n Latin America\u2019s biggest airline group released its first-quarter results overnight, saying capacity was up 10.4% on the same time last year.<\/p>\n The company said its international services and Brazilian domestic operations were performing well. <\/p>\n But citing market volatility, it replaced its 2026 full-year guidance.<\/p>\n Latam expected additional fuel expenses exceeding US$700 million ($1.19b) in this year\u2019s second quarter.<\/p>\n It said it was responding with measures including targeted capacity adjustments and \u201cadditional cost control initiatives\u201d.<\/p>\n It now expected an adjusted ebitda of between US$3.8 billion and US$4.2b for the year. Reuters said the previous \u200bforecast was US$4.2b to US$4.6b.<\/p>\n Latam\u2019s new projections assumed jet fuel costing US$170 per barrel for the second and third quarters and US$150 per barrel for the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n The International Air Transport Association (Iata) jet fuel price monitor said the global average price was US$181.22 in the last week of April.<\/p>\n That was 101.3% more than a year earlier.<\/p>\n LATAM flights have passed through Auckland during the pandemic. Photo \/ Brett Phibbs<\/p>\n