A380 - Master Thread

[FlyBoy]

So where are they getting deployed ?

[zvezda]

So with 6 A380's to come for SQ this year, where are they all going????

SQ will not be receiving 6 WhaleJets this year. If the Koito seat issue gets resolved, SQ will receive 4 this year and 4 next year.

[FlyBoy]

So with 6 A380's to come for SQ this year, where are they all going????

[Nick C]

Looks like there ain't enough fat birds to do SQ12/11. SQ is going to TG SQ221/212 with the rust bucket.

[milehighj]

Probably Y will start from 41. On the A345, it already goes to 37

Yes it does on the A345, but there is no Y to push back. My point being that there will be SKA-SKK with 31 as the first row, and SKL+ with 41.

It just seems at odds with the perfect neat lines which SQ tends to draw...

[9V-JKL]

Probably Y will start from 41. On the A345, it already goes to 37

[milehighj]

It occurred to me while on my most recent A380 flight that going for an all-J upper deck is going to cause a minor coq-up (sic) with SQ's (admirably uniform) seat numbering system.

JCL will now extend well past Row 31. So (presumably) lower deck EYCL seating, which is (presumably) largely unchanged from SKA-SKK would need to have different numbering, e.g. starting with Row 41...

or, numbering for the rear JCL cabin jumps to Row 71...

or, least likely, SQ re-numbers EYCL on all A380s to start with Row 41.

[zvezda]

I guess SQ must be very confident that the seat issue will be resolved soon and SKL and SKM will be delivered before the launch of SIN-NRT-LAX.

Either before or within a short time following, yes, it seems that way.

[SQKevin]

I guess SQ must be very confident that the seat issue will be resolved soon and SKL and SKM will be delivered before the launch of SIN-NRT-LAX.

[zvezda]

So, SIN-NRT-LAX will start with 11 A380s.

I would not bet on that.

Would this call for a tighter rotation before 9V-SKL arrives?

That would be a very high and unsustainable rotation.

[eriond]

You mean even without the delivery of SKL, SQ will have enough 380s to operate the NRTLAX route without affecting other routes?

[SQKevin]

So, SIN-NRT-LAX will start with 11 A380s. Would this call for a tighter rotation before 9V-SKL arrives?

[zvezda]

Any updates on the Koito seat issue for SKL & SKM?

Lots of rumours but nothing definitive.

The new whalejets have all J on the upper deck right?

Yes, it appears so.

[SilverChris]

The new whalejets have all J on the upper deck right?

[SQKevin]

SQ's 14th WhaleJet, 9V-SKN, is being painted now.

Any updates on the Koito seat issue for SKL & SKM?