[i]Singapore Airlines (SIA) has set 18 March as the date for the introduction of Airbus A380 services on the Singapore-London Heathrow route.
The Star Alliance carrier currently only operates the aircraft between Singapore and Sydney but says it will be able to offer daily services between Singapore and London Heathrow once its third A380 is delivered.
SIA recently took delivery of its second A380 and says its third is due to be delivered by Airbus by the middle of March.
It says the A380 will be used to operate flight SQ322 outbound from Singapore, departing late in the evening and arriving in London early in the morning. Return flights will depart London before noon and arrive the next morning in Singapore.
The first flight on 18 March will operate outbound from Singapore at 09:00, however, arriving in London at 15:05. It will depart London at 18:55 the same day and arrive in Singapore at 15:35 the following day.[i]
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Reply 1, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 15552 times:
From my other thread:
Just looked at the seatmaps and it seems that the Singapore Airlines A380 will fly to London from Singapore as SQ322 on 18 March 2008, commencing once daily operations to London Heathrow.
Similarly, SQ317 will commence A380 operations from London to Singapore on 19 March 2008.
With this, it seems that from mid-March, travellers will be exposed to Travel In A New Light for a longer period (14 hours flights) combined of course, with the Romance of Travel.
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Reply 2, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 15543 times:
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Reply 3, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 15536 times:
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Reply 4, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 15497 times:
The first flight on 18 March will operate outbound from Singapore at 09:00, however, arriving in London at 15:05. It will depart London at 18:55 the same day and arrive in Singapore at 15:35 the following day.
Oh, so it's going to SQ308. SQ308's seatmaps have been adjusted accordingly too.
Scouseflyer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2006, 3254 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 15332 times:
So does this mark the start of the Kangaroo service - ie will the planes carry on the SYD or will these three birds all be used up on the LHR-SIN service?
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 24905 posts, RR: 60 Reply 8, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 15285 times:
Quoting Scouseflyer (Reply 7): So does this mark the start of the Kangaroo service - ie will the planes carry on the SYD or will these three birds all be used up on the LHR-SIN service?
This is the connection for all A380 service.
LHR SIN 18/1855#1535 SQ 319 R4 Z4 C4 J4 D4 S9 Y9 B9 E0#380
SIN SYD 19/2030#0700 SQ 221 R4 Z4 C4 J4 D4 S0 Y0 B0 E0#380
OLYMPIC AIR - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΗ "Η ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΨΗΛΑ" "GREECE FLYING HIGH"
Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Reply 10, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 15086 times:
Quoting OA260 (Reply 9): Also I heard that SQ will charge GBP 445 more for the A380 in Business class per round trip on the LHR route
Oooh! That will be very good to yields adding....... around S$0.09 per km in yield.
What will really be interesting is the yield for the Singapore Airlines Suites.
Kappel From Suriname, joined Jul 2005, 3533 posts, RR: 18 Reply 13, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 14636 times:
Quoting WINGS (Thread starter): The first flight on 18 March will operate outbound from Singapore at 09:00, however, arriving in London at 15:05. It will depart London at 18:55 the same day and arrive in Singapore at 15:35 the following day.[i]
I guess that will be another crowded afternoon at LHR, full of spotters that is...
Quoting Singapore_Air (Reply 1): With this, it seems that from mid-March, travellers will be exposed to Travel In A New Light for a longer period (14 hours flights) combined of course, with the Romance of Travel.
Why does singapore_Air constantly use these two phrases ?
We are delighted to announce that the first Singapore Airlines A380 flight to London will take off on 18 March. The world’s largest passenger aircraft departs London later the same day for the return journey.
We would like to invite you to join us in celebrating
this Singapore Airlines milestone as we
mark the first ever A380 commercial
service to Europe.
Customers on these flights
will receive personalised
certificates and limited
edition Singapore Airlines A380
souvenirs. They will also get to savour
gastronomic treats created by two renowned chefs from Singapore Airlines' International Culinary Panel - Sam Leong of the Tung Lok Group in Singapore and British culinary legend, Gordon Ramsay.
OLYMPIC AIR - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΗ "Η ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΨΗΛΑ" "GREECE FLYING HIGH"
Airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6877 posts, RR: 7 Reply 22, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 13023 times:
Quoting JoeCattoli (Reply 20): isn't it a bit late given the 3rd A380 is expected for end of February? Well maybe just some days and I guess they choose the date wisely.
Read the article, then post "SIA recently took delivery of its second A380 and says its third is due to be delivered by Airbus by the middle of March"
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 24905 posts, RR: 60 Reply 23, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 12900 times:
Quoting EIRules (Reply 21): Yippeeeeee. I am booked on SQ 319 on March 29th. It was down as a 744 but now I get to fly the A380 twice on my way to Oz. What a stroke of luck
Sorry to burst your bubble but thats a one off for the launch according to system.
Sorry Totally overlooked this sentence... had a long day
Any ideas on why it appears to be slightly later than expected? SQ choice or Airbus'?
Ciao
Joe
25 Lufthansa411: This is my first post!! Go easy. I'm a long time lurker So they are trying to create the same sort of buzz that SIN-SYD had for the A380 inaugural fli
26 Airbazar: I thought having a chef on board was standard practive for SQ F class service. No?
27 Lufthansa411: My mistake! But I did not think it was standard practice to have a celebrity chef onboard such as Gordon.
28 Ikramerica: I got my email from them this morning. What's weird is the call it the first "Singapore A380 service to LHR." It's the first A380 service in general,
29 Mariner: He may be a celebrity, but would you really want to eat his food? I thought SIN-SYD was the first A380 service "in general"? mariner
30 Airbazar: Maybe I'm a bit disconnected but. who's he? Never heard of him. I wasn't aware he was some kind of celebrity.
31 Mariner: He has his won show on British tv - "The F Word": http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/f-word/ From my point of view, he is more famous for using the F
32 NYC777: Well that's great news for SQ and Airbus but I can't wait to see EK's A380s flying over my house going into JFK. They fly pretty low on that final ove
33 Singapore_Air: Gordon Ramsay is a wonderful member of the Singapore Airlines International Culinary Panel. I also like his programmes on Channel Four. So, who's bett
34 OA260: He is a loud mouthed fool from England who thinks he is something. Suddenly a nothing becomes an icon to lots of other fools . Give me Delia Smith an
35 MadameConcorde: I am booked on the -not so- "inaugural" A380 flight to Heathrow. I will see how this -not so- "inaugural" compares with our TRUE SQ380 inaugural fligh
36 Mariner: Each to their own: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...food/eating_out/article2337274.ece "Diners in the survey describe the cooking at Gordon Ram
37 OA260: Its an official inaugural flight for A380 services between the United Kingdom and Singapore and will be afforded every exciting detail as the other i
38 MadameConcorde: Welcome Lufthansa411! Only this SQ308 will not be a true inaugural flight. It will just be a "first time" flight on a new route with a new aircraft. T
39 Ncfc99: A freind of mine has had dinner at Claridge's(and I used to work there before Ramsay's time), both him and I are chefs and we think we do a pretty go
40 Mariner: Once again, each to their own. I used to eat at Annabel's quite a lot. Everyone raved about the food - but no one went there for the food. They went
41 Ikramerica: The first to LHR. The email (which has gone missing) crows about the first SINGAPORE A380 service to London, as if there was already somebody else. I
42 TUIflyer: A great step forward for the A380 programe and a historic day for SQ!!! Singapore will use the third A380 delivered on the SIN-LHR rotation. 'Singapor
43 Mariner: Fair enough. But it isn't the first time a company has put their brand name on a specific issue in a press release. mariner
44 MadameConcorde: Why would the very first A380 commercial flight (this won't be an Inaugural - the true inaugural was Singapore to Sydney)... Why would this first flig
45 SeansasLCY: So what flight numbers and timings will be the A380?
46 OA260: Yes your right London being a major destination is why its a major event. For alot of people it will be bigger than SIN-SYD ( no disrespect to the Au
47 MadameConcorde: I will disagree on this. The A380 inaugural (first ever) commercial flight was from Singapore-Sydney on 25 October 2007. Flight SQ308 on 18 March is t
48 OA260: An Inaugural can be a start of a new flight or A/C between two destinations . I have been on a few inaugural's . SQ say its an inaugural so I think t
49 Pieinthesky: No on board chef in F on SQ The first 14 words there were all you needed to put. The last two are pointless.
50 QantasHeavy: It is inaugural service to LHR. It is not the "maiden" flight. I remember when BA brought the 777 into DFW when it replaced the DC-10-30 on the route
51 Trekster: At last i get to see it in person. Missed it so far.
52 Flyjetstar: Can anyone post a the SQ A380 utilization? On a given day where are the three likely to be?
53 Plunaaircanada: I can't wait for the day theres lots of 380's flying around the world. I have an off-topic question, does anybody know which airline is going to fly t
54 MadameConcorde: So, anybody else here will be on SQ308 on March 18 from Singapore to London?
55 Bjwonline: What are SQ doing with the second A380 until March 18??
56 Ikramerica: I've seen her twice, on both visits to LAX. They had her parked nose to nose with a DC-3 near QF cargo...
57 Tsentsan: In case folks havent realised, there are 2 A380 flights to LHR on 18th March...
58 SQ452: He is indeed, but I had one of "his dishes" recently on SIN>LAX non-stop (It was the "chicken forcemeat" dish) and it was AWFUL!!!! Gordon would have
59 Flyingbird: I have booked tickets for SQ308 [Edited 2008-01-31 06:00:08]
60 AirNZ: Sorry, but what's weird about it or this nonsense about crowing? It IS the first A380 service to LHR, so for what actual reason are you degrading it?
61 Arsenal@LHR: I will try and be there, let's just hope the landings are on 27L westerly (Hatton Cross) that day, being a Tuesday it might be tricky getting the day
62 SeansasLCY: I'm planning on going to SIN can anybody recommend a good hotel close to changi??
63 Airbazar: Thanks. That's explains it why he hasn't made a name on this side of the pond. Use of the F works pretty much assures you will never get air time aro
64 Cornish: My birthday and my local airport. How nice of SIA to oblige
65 Babybus: If anyone wants a plane to themselves, guess they'd better book the lunchtime 747-400.
66 MadameConcorde: The Changi Airport Meridien in Changi Village. You must see on the internet if it still exists in that name.
67 LO231: OK, guys, I've just decided to commit suicide... I'm flying SQ317 in Feb. I'm coming back to AMS on 777. Anybody wants to talk TO ME about missed opp
69 SeansasLCY: So am i!!!! First time on SQ, first time to Singapore and first time A380!
70 TUIflyer: Any ideas as to what SQ plan to do with the third A380? A380 SPECIAL REPORT: http://letsfindaflight.com/page_1181845192626.html TUIflyer
71 MadameConcorde: Kangaroo route and flight crew training. It seems that they will need the three aircrafts to run the Sydney-Singapore-LHR route.
72 Pieinthesky: Allow themselves to start a service to LHR.
73 Pixuk: I'm now also booked on the SQ319 on the 18th March, along with a couple of others from v-flyer.com Pix.
74 SeansasLCY: I think this flight is going to filled with quite a few of us. I'm really looking forward to what will be my first SQ flight and first A380 flight.
75 Julesn: I'll be on SQ319 on 18 March, rather excited too
76 JoeCattoli: LoL may be A.netters should charter the 1st flight... Can you imagine? 1st A380 to/from LHR filled with member of the biggest aviation website in the
77 Julesn: I'm surprised theres still plenty of availability in Y, thought it would have filled out by now! j.
78 MadameConcorde: Any A.netters on SQ308 from Singapore to London? This is truly the flight to be on! (bring the fanfare)
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Oooh! That will be very good to yields adding....... around S$0.09 per km in yield.
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