When I did that route with JAL we'd elderly 742s for some sectors but that was 7 years ago; hopefully they've been updated by now. Good food and service but the pitch was a bit tight - wondered if seating was sized for shorter pax? Narita's a good airport for downtime with dayrooms and showers available cheaply. And Tokyo's well worth a stopover.
An Aussie friend used to fly AMS-SYD and return, four times per year. He favoured Malaysian for value but would pay a little extra for SQ if they had a reasonable fare. I recently did LAX-SIN with them and was impressed. Admittedly, I was flying Business but my seat-neighbour had flown economy and pronounced it good. Food was superb (best Dim Sum in a long time... and at 39,000 ft!), service just embarrasingly amazing. Niggles: No amenity kits (just eyemask and socks/bootees) and seats a tad firm. But slept well regardless.
Agree that VS's 346s are fantastic, good food, great IFE... and tidy hosties
