A380 - Product launch and delivery

[singaporu_kooku]

I love the aisle in the economy class, it seems very spacious. Maybe should just buy return ticket from SYD just for the sake of A380 itself.

[The High Flyer]

Chew Choon Seng and his two guests (from Airbus and Rolls Royce) came across a paired set of Suites, a combined Queen-sized bed of sorts.

Chew: For a honeymoon couple... *smiling*
Guest 1: I hope there's soundproofing!
Guest 2: I'm not sure about that!

[Singapore_Air]

Innovation Marks the Unveiling of the World's First A380 Interior

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore Airlines unveiled the
luxurious cabin interior on its new Airbus A380. The cabin was revealed for
the first time at the aircraft delivery in Toulouse, France.

The Singapore Airlines A380 is configured with 471 seats in three
classes, with 12 Singapore Airlines Suites -- a cabin class beyond First --
on the main deck, 60 Business Class on the upper deck, and 399 Economy
Class seats, across both decks. This new cabin design ensures that the A380
will deliver unprecedented comfort, space and luxury to Singapore Airlines'
customers.

The design process began more than five years ago, when some of the
carrier's most frequent travelers were invited to participate in workshops
to help the airline understand what was most important to customers on a
new aircraft.

Some of the new cabin products have already made their debut, to global
acclaim, on Singapore Airlines' new Boeing 777-300ER long-haul aircraft.

Coupled with the service of Singapore Airlines' award-winning cabin
crew, the A380's dramatically increased cabin size will provide customers
in all three classes with a luxurious travel experience.

Singapore Airlines Suites

The Singapore Airlines Suites are in a class of their own in terms of
privacy, luxury and personal space -- a concept where each Suite is the
customer's private cabin in the sky. Behind each set of discrete sliding
doors is a spacious and truly personal area.

The new Singapore Airlines Suites were developed by leading French
luxury yacht designer Jean-Jacques Coste of Coste Design and manufactured
by Jamco Corporation of Japan and Sicma Aero Seat of France.

The seat in each Singapore Airlines Suite is almost a meter wide (with
armrest folded away) and is fully adjustable with a simple-to-use seat
control panel to accommodate a variety of sitting and lounging positions.

When the customer is ready to sleep, the cabin crew will make up a
full- sized bed with a plush mattress. A lavish duvet and cushions,
designed by French fashion house, Givenchy, furnish this comfortable bed.

The bed is designed separately into each Suite, and does not convert
from the seat itself. Using separate sleeping and sitting surfaces, the
intelligent design of the full flat bed offers customers the choice to rest
in their preferred sleeping positions, and also allows them to sit and
lounge in bed to read or catch movies on their personal 23-inch LCD screen.

For couples traveling together, the beds in the middle two seats can be
converted to an optional double bed.

For customers who need to catch up on work, their Singapore Airlines
Suite can be transformed into a stylish office in the sky. In addition to
working in complete privacy, each Suite comes furnished with a generously
wide and height-adjustable table which can function as a workstation,
meeting table or large dining table. In addition, each Suite includes a
chaise lounge for companion seating; ambient and mood lighting; luggage
stowage space and a personal coat closet.

Customers with laptops can tap into the adaptor free in-Suite power
supply, while customers with just a thumb-drive can also get work done by
plugging into the USB ports and utilizing the comprehensive suite of office
tools available on KrisWorld; Singapore Airlines' award-winning inflight
entertainment system.

Completing the luxurious experience is the exclusive Ferragamo
amenities kit which is presented to Singapore Airlines Suites customers on
long haul flights. In a version exclusively available on the A380, the
amenities kit features the latest fragrance, F by Salvatore Ferragamo,
Ferragamo lip balm, hand cream and facial mist.

[huaiwei]

OH MY GOD......i m following the live coverage on BFM TV (french business tv channel) and ceo chew soon seng walking through the new R class....well it is IMPRESSIVE, the video clip on the internet is nothing compared to the real thing, the ceo is walking around in the plane with the people of EADS....those who can watch BFM TV, please do!

the official ceremony is due to be at 1105am french local time...watching it now....

Now? Nothing seems to be happening at the official site. Am I missing out on the action? http://www.a380delivery.com/

[The High Flyer]

Now? Nothing seems to be happening at the official site. Am I missing out on the action? http://www.a380delivery.com/

It's already over. The ceremony started at about 4:06pm Singapore time, and culminated with a tour of the aircraft interior. The tour culminated with the toasting of champagne between the SIA CEO and his guests from Airbus and Rolls Royce. The whole thing must have finished perhaps around 4:45pm.

[KeithMEL]

LOL @ double beds comments.

[nickbot]

Not the greatest pics in the world, but I just touched down in Toulouse about 20 minutes ago and landed right beside the A380 Camera not to hand on touchdown, but managed to snap a couple of shots (on max. digital zoom) from the tarmac:

[wdranne]

Nice pictures nickbot, at least they serve their purpose...

[huaiwei]

It's already over. The ceremony started at about 4:06pm Singapore time, and culminated with a tour of the aircraft interior. The tour culminated with the toasting of champagne between the SIA CEO and his guests from Airbus and Rolls Royce. The whole thing must have finished perhaps around 4:45pm.

Darn I tot its 4pm, but still nothing in that site. Even now its still saying "Streaming soon". How sad....

[Singapore_Air]

The official product video, extracted from the Ceremony is uploaded here. It'll be available in a few minutes.

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[KeithMEL]

The official product video, extracted from the Ceremony is uploaded here. It'll be available in a few minutes.

Cheers for the link - exactly what I was looking out for!

[Singapore_Air]

Video of the tour that Mr Chew gave, again will be available in a few minutes:

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[PhilH]

As posted on TOF, picture 2 of 3 here makes the suite look absolutely gigantic!!!

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...305758/1/.html

[9V-JKL]

Chew looked really happy in the tour. Like a new dad showing off......

[sqforever]

WoW!!!!! The A380 is going to thrust SIA into a new era! The suites in singapore air's posts looked amazing!!! The really are a step above EK cheap suites! Go SQ! Make Singapore proud! To me, although SQ has had some blows recently, this and the new T3 will all make up for it........