A380 - Master Thread

[TerryK]

....SQ announced that they will take delivery of 9V-SKK this year (which had been planned for Q1 2010). I would love to know how much Airbus are paying SQ to take earlier delivery.

Must have been a canceled one from other airlines. SQ probably gets it close to free.

I would like to know where it will be deployed. Another whalejet destination?

[zvezda]

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_377137.html

SQ announced that they will take delivery of 9V-SKK this year (which had been planned for Q1 2010). I would love to know how much Airbus are paying SQ to take earlier delivery.

[zvezda]

Will this mean more A380 sales? More importantly, how will this affect the 747-8?

There is a very good chance that Airbus could sell some more WhaleJets after the economy picks up. However, the performance/range improvements mentioned in the quoted article are not enough for SFO/LAX-SIN nonstop. If Airbus can further reduce the weight a few more tonnes and tweak the aerodynamics for a 1% increase in L/D and RR can reduce SFC another 2%, then I think SQ might exercise the remaining 6 options for nonstop services to North America. Right now, SQ has every reason to defer the 2nd tranche 9V-SKK through 9V-SKS for a few years and take delivery of improved WhaleJets when the demand is there.

The 747-8F will probably sell well again when the economy recovers from the "stimulus," but the 747-8I is just too large to ever sell well.

[s7r0ng3r]

Near-term refinements for the A380 include MTOW increase.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...gher-mtow.html

Will this mean more A380 sales? More importantly, how will this affect the 747-8?

[toulouse]

November 2008 of article FLUG revue

A380 has succesful debut at SIA

good reading : http://www.flugrevue.de/index.php?id=4033

Only then will it also be possible to decide which further routes to operate with the A380 and whether to transfer the Singapore-Frankfurt-New York JFK route to the new superjumbo, for example, thus ensuring that SIA flies its first A380 to Frankfurt before Lufthansa can do so. Due to the turnaround times, at the moment three Boeing 747-400's all fly on this route at the same time. Moreover, SIA uses the relatively long ground time at New York JFK, from late morning to the return flight take-off at 9pm, for maintenance work on the jumbos. Whether this arrangement will change has yet to be decided.

[Verbal]

That was the delivery schedule before the fifth round of delays.

Please stop spreading this false information. There have been three big delays and one minor which means Airbus will deliver 21 Superjumbo's instead of 25 in 2009.

[zvezda]

2 down 1 to go. SQ308/319 will be upguaged to the A380 by 2010.

4 are due for delivery in 2009.

2009-Q1 - SKG/SKH
2009-Q2 - SKI
2009-Q3 - SKJ

That was the delivery schedule before the fifth round of delays. 9V-SKG should still be Q1. The others are pushed back two to four months. There is a chance that 9V-SKJ may slip into 2010.

[jimyvr]

SIA is considering A380 operation to Tokyo Haneda

http://airlineroute.blogspot.com/200...-to-tokyo.html

Original report

シンガポール航空（SIA）のフィリップ・ゴー日本支社長は、本紙取材(Jwing)に応じ、 「2010年 10月以降に、羽田空港への乗り入れを考えている。利用客の利便性を考えると需要が見込める路線だと思う。 市場の需要動向によるが、経済状況が好転すれば、東京市場は非常に大きいマーケットなので、A380での運 航も可能性としてありうる」と、羽田空港への路線開設に前向きな姿勢を示しており、市場需要によってA38 0型機またはB777型機で運航するという

[Nick C]

Quick question regarding LHR and SQ 380s. Are there any plans to move all 3 flights to 380 configuration in the very near future?

When are SQ going to get more 380s delivered? thanks!

2 down 1 to go. SQ308/319 will be upguaged to the A380 by 2010.

4 are due for delivery in 2009.

2009-Q1 - SKG/SKH
2009-Q2 - SKI
2009-Q3 - SKJ

[nonsoloinglese]

Quick question regarding LHR and SQ 380s. Are there any plans to move all 3 flights to 380 configuration in the very near future?

When are SQ going to get more 380s delivered? thanks!

[kebaya]

^^Thanks.

[TerryK]

......there's no seat 47D. Why? ....

There is an emergency exit hatch from lower (cargo) deck at that spot.

[kebaya]

I saw the seatmap of A380 a lot of times but I just noticed this really weird thing today. In the seatmap, there's no seat 47D. Why? Was this to ensure that the number of seats will not reach 400?

[toulouse]

problèm A380 Windows? : on forum airliners

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/4155579/

[jjpb3]

And oh ya, SQ really hates UA. So much so that they have threatened to withdraw from *A!

C'mon, share the tale, Guy Betsy.