A380 - Master Thread

[loldude333]

Whatever it is, they have only a fortnight to refit 5 of them!

And as we know all too well, it takes at least 6 weeks for one to hatch, maybe with or without an air-test.....

[SQ228]

Does anyone know what a B-700ER is? Lol.

Whatever it is, they have only a fortnight to refit 5 of them!

[SQ380]

Does anyone know what a B-700ER is? Lol.

As a Senior Aviation Correspondent, you would expect Karamjit to have got her digits right. She has once again proven the fact that Aviation Correspondents often do not, as many times round, a file photo of the right aircraft type is featured in error too. Total disgrace.

[SQavgeek]

http://www.straitstimes.com/business...-economy-seats





Ver 1 12R 60J 399Y
Ver 2 12R 86J 311Y
Ver 3 6R 78J 44PY 343Y

The trend is interesting.

Does anyone know what a B-700ER is? Lol.

[Wan1dap]

I detect a frisson of excitement in California and a flurry of googling..

[pokfur]

From the pictures, it also seems like SQ has opted for standard overhead bins in Y and Y+ instead of the pivot bins. I know the early SKs had pivot bins throughout, while later ones had pivot bins in the middle and standard bins at the side. Now the middle ones are normal bins too.

Probably a grand total of 0 people care about this though.

[CarbonMan]

http://www.straitstimes.com/business...-economy-seats

Premium economy seats are now available on 60 of SIA's long-haul planes: the Airbus 380, the A-350 and Boeing 777-300ER. Five more B-700ERs will be retrofitted with the new class of seats before the end of next year.

The reconfigured cabin in the superjumbo has 471 seats - six ultra-first class suites, 78 in business class, 44 in the premium economy cabin and 343 economy seats. SIA's current fleet of A-380s has up to 441 seats each, with 36 premium economy seats and 333 economy class seats.

Ver 1 12R 60J 399Y
Ver 2 12R 86J 311Y
Ver 3 6R 78J 44PY 343Y

The trend is interesting.

[9V-SPL]

9V-SKU is scheduled to depart Toulouse at STD: 1400 LT (13DEC17) and arrive into Changi at STA: 1000 LT (14DEC17) as SQ8898.

[SQ228]

The plan was that SQ returns the first five A380 and takes delivery of five new A380. Total number of planes would have been 15.

Now we read that all 14 remaining aircraft will be refurbished and SQ will take delivery of five new aircraft. Total number will be 19.

How would that calculate as 15? 19–5+5=19

[SMK77]

The plan was that SQ returns the first five A380 and takes delivery of five new A380. Total number of planes would have been 15.

Now we read that all 14 remaining aircraft will be refurbished and SQ will take delivery of five new aircraft. Total number will be 19.

[TheMightyAsian]

9V-SKU has been ferried to Toulouse from XFW

[SQfanatic]

seems quite a tight schedule to retrofit an average of 7 A380s in a year.

Not tight unless there are enough people to work on the retrofit and if they take two craft out of service similar to the 77W. The linked article seems they're only going to start late next year.

[flyguy]

seems quite a tight schedule to retrofit an average of 7 A380s in a year.

[9V-SPL]

Singapore Airlines selects Airbus for A380 retrofit programme

http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press...rogramme-.html

[259850]

Dr Peters chief confirms BA talks on ex-Singapore Airlines A380s

This is like exporting a car after 10 years in Singapore. There's a chance you might get something above scrap value. But no PARF rebate here.

[Please ignore my comments if you're not already familiar with the Singaporean auto tax regime.]