A380 - Master Thread

[sbs2716g]

Quite likely SKT isn’t yet ready for service...30mins indicates it got cut short or they were merely testing one item... the aircraft didn’t even maintain altitude. It just went up to FL170 then descended immediately.
I wonder what that means for SQ638/637 on 1 Jan... no new product?

The seat map for SQ638/637 still show new product on 1/1.
So maybe SKT will be deployed. Or they will have to use another version 3 pulled from somewhere else. But really they have not much option to pull

[ell3]

Quite likely SKT isn’t yet ready for service...30mins indicates it got cut short or they were merely testing one item... the aircraft didn’t even maintain altitude. It just went up to FL170 then descended immediately.
I wonder what that means for SQ638/637 on 1 Jan... no new product?

[sbs2716g]

9V-SKT test flight is only 30 mins while SKS have a 2 hours test flight last time in June.
Wonder whether SKT will be ready in time for service or will SKT undergo another test flight ?

[SQ228]

Is this confirmed? I just booked this return flight combo for mid-January, I'm guessing I'm not getting the new seats then?

That was what happened for one week previously. You might get exactly what you booked.

[Jaian]

SQ856/61 has been downgraded to a 77W from the present combination of ver.1 & 3 A380s on Tue, Wed, Thu & Sat in the coming week according to fr24's future listings. Demand for travel to/from HKG is not very stable at present and into the future I guess.

Is this confirmed? I just booked this return flight combo for mid-January, I'm guessing I'm not getting the new seats then?

[259850]

SQ must have lost a few million on this plane being grounded for so long.

They probably are being at least partially compensated by Airbus/insurance/refit contractor, depending on who is at fault.

[flyguy]

Anyone knows really what happened to SKT as almost a year for refitting and maintenance is just simply way too long. Something must have gone badly wrong and very likely some heavy structural damage to the aircraft. SQ must have lost a few million on this plane being grounded for so long.

[ell3]

11 months is really a long time for an active aircraft to be grounded. Is a 30min ascend-descend air test sufficient to check the serviceability of the aircraft... id expect a lot of parts would have had to be mothballed, stripped and then reinstalled.

[eamond]

9V-SKT just completed a short 30 mins air test at 1930hrs. Almost 11 months have passed.

Yep finally a bit of sign for the aircraft! Best most of us thought the plane was eaten alive by the ailens

Michael

[sbs2716g]

9V-SKT is scheduled for an air-test on 26DEC19.

9V-SKT just completed a short 30 mins air test at 1930hrs. Almost 11 months have passed.

[9V-SPL]

Finally some sign of 9V-SKT.

Scheduled for an air-test today (23DEC19) as SQ8898.
STD: 1400
STA: 1600

But it shows cancelled for now, but with test flight entries, a lot of changes possible.

9V-SKT is scheduled for an air-test on 26DEC19.

[sbs2716g]

The only thing is that SIA do not announce which of its older A380s wil be going for the refit to ver 3. As such its not a sure thing that SKN is undergoing the refit or just a Heavy C inspection which takes 2 momths or so.

They need a plane to be ready for Paris by July 2020. So SKN should be in the process of maintainance/refitting. Right now they have less usage for version 2 A380.

[worldrally]

A380 has been taken out of SQ 802 for my flight in June, replaced with B77W. Now gotta figure out how to get back into a Suites cabin

[9V-SPL]

Finally some sign of 9V-SKT.

Scheduled for an air-test today (23DEC19) as SQ8898.
STD: 1400
STA: 1600

But it shows cancelled for now, but with test flight entries, a lot of changes possible.

[flyguy]

The only thing is that SIA do not announce which of its older A380s wil be going for the refit to ver 3. As such its not a sure thing that SKN is undergoing the refit or just a Heavy C inspection which takes 2 momths or so.