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

[StarG]

Arrived SIN and met up with MAN Flyer at TPR.
Lots of pics of the TPR has been posted here so won't bore you guys with more.

Boarding pass and invitation to gate event at B5. MAN Flyer was in 1A.


Brazil/Sao Paulo promotional area in Changi T3



Gate B5


Notice the missing "Sao Paulo" wordings at the gate and on all the depature info boards. Just "GRU". Must be some technical error.


Festivities at the gate



The inaugural souvenir - crystal football paperweight



The new SQ CEO Mr. Goh Choon Phong making a speech on the new route


Joined by the Ambassador of Brazil to Singapore (which travels on this inaugural with his wife all the way to Sao Paulo)

[SQflyergirl]

Enjoy sir StarG!

Boa Viagem com Ganso de Ouro para São Paulo!

[kris]

Really looking forward to this!

[StarG]

A few months ago MAN Flyer and I started talking about doing this inaugural flight to Sao Paulo. We thought it would be interesting as this was going to be the first SQ destination in South America ever. With this flight SQ would be serving six continents.

I'm happy to report that we have made it to Sao Paulo, and will post some of the pictures I have taken from the trip.

Saturday, March 27 was quite a long day for me, having to wake up at 3:30 am in the morning to fly to Solo City for some family matters. My GA flight departed at 5:50 am from CGK and I was back into CGK at around 2:00 pm. Went to Sheraton Bandara near the airport to take a quick shower at the Fitness Centre and off I went back to the airport.

My GRU trip was off to a good start when I boarded my CGK-SIN flight SQ 961. The LSS took my jacket and said "I don't need your boarding pass this time as it will be the only jacket up front".
The flight was served by the Star Alliance B777-300 (9V-SYE) with the ancient seats. Still quite comfortable for 1.5 hours hop though.


Food onboard: Sauteed jumbo prawns served with capsicum confit and parmesan flavoured potato cake. Quite tasty.


Some aerial pictures enroute