SQ 68 SIN-BCN-GRU (Sao Paulo) Inaugural, with Hotel Fasano and more

[StarG]

Baggage carousel in GRU


Coming up: Hotel Fasano Sao Paulo

[StarG]

Light meal service BCN-GRU (before landing) - Garlic bread


Aerial view


Salad of seared tuna, goat cheese and Piquillo peppers, aged sherry vinaigrette


Oxtail Cordoba: Spanish style braised oxtail with rosemary potatoes and sauteed baby vegetables


Chocolate and banana cake with fruit salad and vanilla sauce


Approaching Sao Paulo (GRU)










SQ 68 GRU Touch Down video

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Arrival in GRU - water cannon treatment

[StarG]

More aerial views


Atlas mountains


Airports near our path



Time to catch up with some sleeps

[StarG]

BCN-GRU menu




Lunch service started. Satay, with onion, cucumber and spicy peanut sauce


Garlic bread


Chilled malossol caviar with melba toast and condiments


Carrot-saffronpuree soup with sauteed prawns, sauteed leek and deep fried young ginger


Steamed farmed sturgeon with garlic-ginger soya sauce, braised beancurd with vegetables and Jasmine rice


Inaugural flight delight: Champagne jelly surprise with fresh berries

[9V-JKL]

Hooray! An Inaugural TR so quick.

So where's MAN Flyer's?

[StarG]

Re-boarding 9V-SWA




Champagne Bollinger. Not in F menu AFAIK! Dom not allowed on the ground in BCN.


Jetways retracted and we were ready to go


BCN air traffic control tower


SQ 68 Inaugural BCN Take Off video

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Leaving BCN


Proper Champagne, finally!


More cabin pictures

[Chris]

Is that TAMs onboard uniform?

[StarG]

SQ advertisement in BCN T1


Inaugural event at gate D18





We missed the lion dance by a minute


Our 9V-SWA at the gate

[Chris]

What a fantastic experience! Thanks for sharing.

[StarG]

Right side pax seemed to have better views than us during landing


Water cannons ready to greet us on the way to the gate







Sala VIP lounge at BCN T1




Views from the lounge

[milehighj]

MAN Flyer's reputation for his love of Dom preceded him into the inaugural flight.
After a welcome greeting onboard, the next thing the IFS said was "I believe you love Dom Perignon very much, Mr. MAN Flyer?"
I will leave him to explain why.

Ah, so the latest CGK turnaround was a success on the Dom consumption target?

[milehighj]

Look forward to the GRU pics, and the MAN Flyer report!

[StarG]

Noticed new things onboard: the ottoman now has leather surface, not cloth like before. The bed now has a new smoother surface.


Breakfast setting


Fresh fruit plate. Sorry - the mango looked so delicious that I forgot to take a pic of the fruit plate in entirety.


Fresh eggs prepared on board (boiled baked or scrambled), with your choice of veal sausage, chicken sausage, vine rippened tomato and mushrooms


My seat 2A after breakfast service


More cabin pictures




My ottoman seemed to be broken but has been fixed temporarily. Need better solution.


Approaching Barcelona

[StarG]

Boarding commenced at 11:55 pm exactly. First Class was full (8/8), with passengers, a couple of SQ captains repositioning to BCN, plus the Singapore Ambassador to Brazil.


We were greeted by lovely crew in F, lead by IFS Ms. P.

MAN Flyer's reputation for his love of Dom preceded him into the inaugural flight.
After a welcome greeting onboard, the next thing the IFS said was "I believe you love Dom Perignon very much, Mr. MAN Flyer?"
I will leave him to explain why.

We had a good chat enroute with one of the captains seated in the F cabin, one with the name of two Hong Kong movie stars.

After pushback


PJs and amenity kits (the new style) were distributed. It is made of clear plastic with leather trim & strap. It is actually not that bad. I received a pair of large red slippers for the first time - don't know whether it is something new.


First of lots of bubbly for the journey: this one's Krug


SQ 68 SIN-BCN Supper Menu



Combination of malossol caviar with lobster-fennel salad


Didn't feel like eating much in such late hour, so I opted for this from the snack menu: Roasted capsicum and santa lucia mozzarella sandwich. Not recommended.

[KeithMEL]

Very nice - thanks for sharing! I love reading about inaugurals. Look forward to more!