SQ 016 R-Class Menu from 1/9/1979

[xtra1]

First post up on this site!

Here is the BA/SQ Concorde menu SIN-LHR on 1/9/1979.
I was very young and traveling with my mother, going to boarding school in the UK.

[Singapore_Air]

Thanks for sharing!

I was about to ask where's the caviar but it appeared eventually.

[nykelaz]

Wow, you are one lucky guy that had been on the concorde before.

OT: How much does a trip on the concorde cost? I assume there's no Y in the concode so it must be ex..

[xtra1]

Here is part of the time-table with a price list:-


The price of SQ/BA Concorde one way LHR-SIN in 1979 is an astonishing £1126.50 or SG$ 4798.00.
One way LHR-JFK costs £ 604.50!!!!!

That's inflation for you!

[KeithMEL]

Welcome to SQTalk, xtra1. And cheers for sharing.

[nykelaz]

Here is part of the time-table with a price list:-


The price of SQ/BA Concorde one way LHR-SIN in 1979 is an astonishing £1126.50 or SG$ 4798.00.
One way LHR-JFK costs £ 604.50!!!!!

That's inflation for you!

Oh my gosh, considering it was back in 1979, $4798.00 is a HUGE amount. Not forgeting that it's one way only. *Sigh* Poor blokes like me will never get to make it to the concorde, if it is still around now that is.

[SQflyergirl]

Fantastic. What a great blast from the past!

[jjpb3]

I agree with the others: awesome, xtra1! Thanks, and welcome to SQTalk.

[SuperJonJon]

Thanks and welcome to SQTalk, xtra1.

[Lobster]

Thanks for sharing.

I like the list of Aperitifs very 70's

But no Krug must be the BA influence.

[jhm]

xtra1, fantastic pictures - thanks very much for sharing!

The total flight time seems to be 8:15 hours - presumably this doesn't include the refueling stop in BAH ? Assuming that's the case, was it a total flight time of around 9-10 hours ? Not that much quicker than a 747 today but I seem to remember reading somewhere that Concorde was limited in its speed over land due to the sonic boom etc ?

Apart from the kudos of flying supersonic, it's also interesting to see that the food options nowadays in SQ F (even leaving aside BTC) seem a lot better than on Concorde. Or is that just the BA influence ?

[xtra1]

jhm
The flight time was about 9 hours.
From SIN (Paya Lebar) west around the tip of India and into Bahrain. The sector from Bahrain to London was mostly done sub-sonically. It was basically supersonic over the sea. Subsonic over land.
However, those were the days when a 747 flight from Singapore to Europe had about 2 to 3 stops. For example, SQ 024 was routed SIN-CMB-AUH-PAR-AMS( I'll post a menu soon).
Business Class had not been introduced and there were no airline lounges. (For Concorde; an area was set aside by the departure Gate for canapes and champagne instead.)
The SQ/BA Concorde itself had one side painted in SQ colours, the other BA.
It was basically a BA service with Singapore cabin crew.

Note the Havana cigars available , to smoke during the flight!

[SQflyergirl]

Note the Havana cigars available , to smoke during the flight!

I actually think stuff out of the Dominican Republic's better these days.... but hey, what do I know about tobacco anyway?

[david747]

Gosh - that is rare and valuable memorabalia now. Hang on to it! I managed to fly Concorde a few times but not, alas, across the Atlantic. But to have SIN-LHR Concorde ticket - that's prestige!

[allmotor_2000]

jhm
The flight time was about 9 hours.
From SIN (Paya Lebar) west around the tip of India and into Bahrain. The sector from Bahrain to London was mostly done sub-sonically. It was basically supersonic over the sea. Subsonic over land.
However, those were the days when a 747 flight from Singapore to Europe had about 2 to 3 stops. For example, SQ 024 was routed SIN-CMB-AUH-PAR-AMS( I'll post a menu soon).
Business Class had not been introduced and there were no airline lounges. (For Concorde; an area was set aside by the departure Gate for canapes and champagne instead.)
The SQ/BA Concorde itself had one side painted in SQ colours, the other BA.
It was basically a BA service with Singapore cabin crew.

Note the Havana cigars available , to smoke during the flight!

Nice thread!

I remember in 1981 as a kid I flew SQ from CMB to London and the flight was routed SIN-CMB-DUBAI-ZURICH-LHR

Probably the only time the SQ 747 ever came to Colombo!!