This will gladden the heart of the pro Boeing crowd on the forum

Source: Australian Aviation

Singapore Airlines may order 777-200LR’s to replace A340-500’s on it’s LAX- Singapore and New York-Singapore routes following better than expected performance by Japan Airlines and Air France 777-300ER’s, SIA A340-500 pilots were briefed recently on the ultra long range operations status and were told that a 777-200LR order was likely
Boeing recently released improved data performance for the type, which will roll out early next year and enter service in 2006. The aircraft would be capable of flying Singapore-New York with 301 pax and 8170kg of cargo and returning with 301 pax and 7265kg of cargo
The improved performance is the result of flight test amd commercial service experience for the GE90 on the 777-300ER, which had bettered fuel burn performance guarantees. JAL and AF are reportedly gaining a further improvement of 0.8% fuel burn