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  1. SIA ditches ‘flight to nowhere’ idea, rolls out A380 restaurant, delivery menu and training facilities tour Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sia-ditches-flight-nowhere-idea-rolls-out-a380-restaurant-delivery-menu-and-training SIA will be offering lunch to customers on board a parked superjumbo A380 at Changi Airport on two afternoons in October The airline abandoned the flight to nowhere idea after a review and has no plans to revive it From Oct 5, customers can order SIA’s First Class and Business Class food for a home dining experience with amenities intended to recreate the flight experience A behind-the-scenes tour of SIA’s training facility will be held over two November school holiday weekends and includes access to its flight simulator, a grooming workshop and wine tasting Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sia-ditches-flight-nowhere-idea-rolls-out-a380-restaurant-delivery-menu-and-training SINGAPORE — Customers of Singapore Airlines (SIA) will soon be able to dine and explore one of its Airbus A380s on Oct 24 and 25 while the aircraft remains parked at Changi Airport, SIA said in a statement on Tuesday (Sept 29). Its initial idea for a short tour flight, or a “flight to nowhere”, was jettisoned after the airlines conducted a market study and a review, taking into account factors such as environmental implications and financial viability. “We currently have no plans to revive the idea,” a spokesman said in response to TODAY’s queries. In recent weeks, the idea attracted flak from people who were concerned about the carbon impact created by these flights, while others defended such flights — which a few airlines are pursuing — as a way to help the ailing national carrier cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Goh Choon Phong, SIA chief executive officer, said: “There has been a lot of interest in our customer engagement initiatives over the last few weeks, and I would like to thank everyone for their great ideas and suggestions. We are very encouraged by and grateful for the enthusiasm and passion that we have seen.” The latest Restaurant A380 @ Changi idea is part of a “suite of experiences” meant for SIA’s Singapore customers and fans over the next few weeks. These include a tour of its training facilities and a chance to enjoy SIA’s in-flight meals at home. Customers will be served lunch in a cabin of their choice on the double-decker superjumbo aircraft. An SIA spokesman said the aircraft will be parked and linked to a gatehold room, with diners entering the A380 via the aerobridge. SIA will also be applying for airport passes on behalf of the diners since the activity will be in a restricted area. Diners can choose from SIA’s signature international cuisine as well as from a special Peranakan menu designed by Singaporean chef Shermay Lee. Customers will also be given a showcase of its cabin crew uniform over the years and customers who turn up in traditional heritage wear, such as a sarong kebaya, cheongsam, saree, batik shirt or a kilt, will receive a special gift. Bookings for Restaurant A380 will begin on Oct 12 on SIA’s KrisShop website. Limited spots for a 15-minute tour of the A380’s interiors and private access areas are also available on a first come, first served basis. The statement said all health and safety measures will be put in place including thorough cleaning of the aircraft. Diners will be seated in groups of no more than five people with safe distancing between them. “We will be following restaurant rules for Restaurant A380 @ Changi so the number of diners allowed in (the aircraft) is dynamic at this point in time. We will be observing safe distancing between groups of diners, so that will be taken into account as well,” said its spokesman. SIA @ HOME For Oct 5, customers can order a meal from a range of 10 menus to be delivered to their homes. The menus were designed for its First Class and Business Class customers by four world-renowned chefs on SIA’s International Culinary Panel — Chef Georges Blanc of France, Chef Matt Moran of Australia, Chef Yoshihiro Murata of Japan and Chef Sanjeev Kapoor of India. SIA will also provide a First Class or Business Class amenity kit based on a package of their choice and customers get to keep limited edition dining ware and amenities such as crystal glasses, tableware sets and sleeper suits. A digital guide on how to heat and plate the dishes will be provided. Customers can “recreate the SIA onboard experience at home” by watching aircraft cabin videos and listening to a specially curated playlist. “Those who are looking to bring their SIA experience to the next level also have the option to Book-the-Chef through our cabin crew concierge, to enjoy the services of a private chef who will reheat, plate and serve the meal for customers in their homes,” said SIA. INSIDE SINGAPORE AIRLINES For two weekends during the November school holidays, in a rare move, SIA will also be opening up its training facilities to the public. “Perfect for kids and families, this is a rare opportunity to find out from our pilots and cabin crew what it takes to fly and serve in the skies. The tour will feature our latest cabin products and a look at where training on our flight simulators is conducted,” said SIA. Visitors can also pay for additional experiences — aviation enthusiasts can experience the training SIA pilots receive on its flight simulator, children can dress up as junior cabin crew for a day and keep their SIA uniforms, wine fans can learn about SIA’s wines from its air sommeliers, and customers can learn how to achieve the Singapore Girl look in a guided grooming workshop. They can also dine at the SIA canteen which will be serving in-flight cuisines for a fee. If visitors use SIA’s contactless payment app KrisPay, they can also earn air miles for these meals or if they buy merchandise at the tour. The tour dates are set for Nov 21, 22, 28 and 29, and bookings commence from Nov 1. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE When asked if there are other initiatives in the pipeline, the spokesman said it will make an announcement at the appropriate time. Mr Goh said SIA came up with these activities to engage with its fans and customers at a time when Covid-19 has drastically reduced the number of flights operated by SIA Group. “These experiences offer something for everyone – from frequent flyers who miss our world-class in-cabin products and service, to couples and families who want an exclusive dining experience, and parents who are after an enjoyable activity-filled day with their children during the school holidays,” said Mr Goh. Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sia-ditches-flight-nowhere-idea-rolls-out-a380-restaurant-delivery-menu-and-training
  2. A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800, registration 9V-SKH performing flight SQ-308 from Singapore (Singapore) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute about 90 minutes into the flight at around 02:30Z, breakfast was just being served, when the aircraft encountered severe clear air turbulence resulting in an altitude deviation of about 100 feet and all loose items becoming airborne. The aircraft continued the flight to London for a safe landing about 13 hours after departure. 7 people received minor injuries during the turbulence encounter. The aircraft was unable to perform the return flight SQ-319 on time and departed for the return as flight SQ-319D the following day about 28 hours after landing. Scenes on board shortly after the encounter (Photo: Alan Cross): http://avherald.com/h?article=462eaf1c&opt=0
  3. Engine failure forces Air France A380 back to Abidjan. So within 3 days 3 airplane incidents with 1 involving a major air crash. - Engine failure on Air France A380 - Turkish Airway flight to New York severe turbulence, dozens injured includin 1 air stewardess with broken leg - Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed Personally i have phobia of taking airplanes but still take anyway but i am literally scared stiff whenever theres air turbulence, even the slightest vibration or shaky feeling can make me very uncomfortable. i am also unable to sleep through flights which can be a very bad experience esp long haul flights. any others here with same phobia of taking planes? or should i be same as dennis bergkamp the non flying dutchman just dont fly aha though i believe strongly that if its time to go, its time to go. say a prayer, hold the hands of your loved ones if youre flying with them, if not, try to send a text message out to them / call if thats even possible. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/engine-failure-forces-air-france-a380-back-to-abidjan-11329626?cid=fbcna&fbclid=IwAR3gvtygu42aM1aJgR8Eg5oqXYwmcwH1fxqm7xtdqDRUXvjlXgBEgbenPdw
  4. Any lucky chaps here? heard that it'll arrive at changi tomorrow
  5. Seems like the recent spate of incidents with our A380s is not getting any better. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/09/world/asia/singapore-airlines-flight-cargo-door/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
  6. Read the newspaper today, A truck which was towing the SIA A380 SQ221 broke down resulting the plane disconnecting from the truck and went onto the grass verge off the airport Tarmac. All 446 passengers were unhurt. Passengers had to disembark so that the plane could repositioned on the tarmac and checked for damaged. After disembarking, the passengers were taken in a bus back to T3. SIA made arrangements to enable "as many customers as possible" to continue their journey to Sydney. This newspaper report is posted in a tiny section, very easy to miss to some people... T3 juz open and the first A380 got into trouble... What you guys think?
  7. Emirates Airlines is the largest operator of the A380 aircraft in the world. The airline flies 5 times a day from Singapore to Dubai (one flight has a stopover in Colombo, Sri Lanka). The airlines has been growing very rapidly over the years and many people have flown with Emirates before. However, for some reason, my family has never flown with Emirates, until this year, when we travelled to Europe for our year end holidays. We flew with Emirates simply because it was the cheapest fare we could find, for our requirements. The experience was very good. In some ways, their Economy class is even better than SQ. Dubai Airport is also a incredibly huge place and extremely busy. It has become such an important aviation hub, pretty much built from sand! With this type of competition, I do wonder how Singapore Changi can survive as an aviation hub, but we need to keep trying. I have made several flight review videos of my recent trip. Here are the first three. Emirates A380 Singapore to Dubai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nXZM64tHXc Dubai International Shake Shack Burger and Airport Bus Transfer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovVNQ-FoYdQ Emirates A380 Dubai to London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DUkv4aihuU Happy viewing.
  8. 15th May 2013 was the world premiere of the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Mercedes unveiled its new luxury sedan at the Airbus A380 Delivery Centre located in Hamburg, Germany. However, what attracts me besides the debut of the luxury German sedan itself is the odds that the German automaker is set to launch the coupe version soon. On its official Facebook page, Mercedes Germany has released a sketch of its new model. To me, the sketch looks like the 2014 S-Class coupe, well, although Mercedes-Benz didn't necessarily mention the term 'coupe', and the new model seems kind of wider than the previous generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class coupe. Furthermore, it's known that the 2014 S-Class will also come in a convertible and coupe version. In addition to that, no matter how I look at it, the styling cues portrayed in the sketch don't seem to match those of the actual sedan being launched at the home country of Mercedes-Benz today. So, in short, I think it's safe to say that we should be getting ready to behold the launch of the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe which will seemingly take place in the near future. Otherwise, I don't think the German automaker will be revealing the design of its new model in such detail.
  9. Anyone flying in an A380 soon? Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16452878 Aircraft engineers in Australia have called for the entire worldwide fleet of Airbus A-380 super-jumbos to be grounded after cracks were found in some wings. The faults were discovered in planes operated by Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines. Airbus say they have found the cause of the problem and insist the planes are safe, as Tim Allman reports.
  10. It's happened again.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AFP News
  11. While trying to check the flight on SQ to Hong Kong comes to realise we can also book the A380 at the same price as other typical aircrafts. Anyone has experience flying to HK/Sin via A380 ?
  12. CORRECTED-Engine fails on Singapore A380, flight turns back Reuters - 2 hours 45 minutes agoSend IM Story Print PARIS, Sept 27 - A Singapore Airlines <SIAL.SI> A380 was forced to turn round mid-flight and head back to Paris on Sunday after one of its four engines failed, the head of the airline's French operations said. The doubledecker A380 took off from Paris at 12.30 p.m. with 444 passengers aboard and headed for Singapore, but had to turn round after 2 hours 45 minutes because of the engine problem, airline director Jerry Seah said. The plane landed safely back in France at 5.45 p.m. (1545 GMT) and the passengers were sent to hotels as the airline tried to lay on an alternative flight for them. Seah told Reuters he believed it was the first time the plane had suffered such a problem since it had started operating the Singapore-Paris route earlier this year. The giant jet, built by Airbus <EAD.PA>, is designed to continue flying with only three engines, but came back to Paris as a safety precaution. The engines on the Singapore A380s are built by Britain's Rolls Royce Group <RR.L>. (Reporting by Jean Baptiste Vey, writing by Crispian Balmer; editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)
  13. http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm So many buttons... which one to press? And what are those round things in the middle?
  14. Not the China made car Chery A380....but the Airbus A380... took a flight back from London on the 31st May.... It was a fantastic experience, all thanks to the attentive stewardesses, two of them, who were ever smiling and ensuring that I am get what I need, and just before the flight touched down, one of them even came to me and asked if everything was fine and that I had some sleep etc etc.... good service, they deserve a pat on their backs.... too bad, I could not see them when disembarking, wanted to say thanks to them. I will send a feedback to SQ praising them..... Anyways, at London, SQ flight check in at E Terminal 3, ..... Check in line for economy is long well of course with the increase number of passengers, so if you are a Business or Suite Class, PPS or Star Gold, you are more fortunate as the lines for those counters are normally empty...
  15. AN electrical fault stranded an almost-new Singapore Airlines super jumbo at Sydney airport this week and forced the airline to scramble a second big jet. The cancellation of SIA's scheduled A380 service to Singapore on Wednesday created history for an Australian airport. It was the first time that two of the double-deck aerial mammoths were at the same Australian airport at the same time. An airline spokeswoman said most passengers got away on Boeing 747 and 777 services operated by SIA from Sydney and Brisbane. But another 20 who were determined to fly on an A380 spent a night at a Sydney hotel at the airline's expense. They got their wish by flying on the second aircraft on Thursday. SIA technicians and an engineering team from Airbus spent Wednesday night investigating the fault, which saw a relay affecting the aircraft's auxilliary braking system light up as the aircraft was pushed back from the overseas terminal in preparation for take-off. Officials said the aircraft, the first A380 acquired by SIA, could have flown safely and landed normally with its brakes working. But the pilot chose to return to the terminal and called a team of specialists. An aviation source said SIA later replaced three electrical parts, one of which was not available in Sydney and had to arrive on the second aircraft from Singapore. After the two-day repair was completed the aircraft, registered 9V-SKA, took off and was ferried to Singapore without passengers early Thursday evening. Meanwhile, Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has ruled out any plans for Bankstown airport in Sydney's west to be used for regular airline services. Qantas and budget carrier Tiger Airways were forced to dismiss rumours they were in talks with Bankstown Airport about operating services to and from the airport, a hub for light aicraft. However, Virgin Blue confirmed it had held talks with Bankstown airport some time ago, adding that it did not have any plans to set up there. Mr Albanese said the location and proximity to Sydney International Airport made Bankstown an unsuitable site. Tiger Airways, which is about to add smaller 144-seat A319 aircraft to its fleet, confirmed it was looking at numerous airports, but would not elaborate. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...923-664,00.html
  16. Source: http://business.smh.com.au/passengers-stra...80219-1sz9.html Passengers stranded by A380 glitch Scott Rochfort, February 19, 2008 - 2:52PM Singapore Airlines has encountered its first major technical glitch with its four-month-old A380 super jumbo, which forced it to cancel a flight from Singapore to Sydney last night leaving 70 passengers stranded without a hotel room. The airline has confirmed it was forced to ground the Airbus jet overnight due to a problem with a fuel pump. "It was a difficult delay. A problem presented with a fuel pump, and this is the sort of problem that doesn't show till engine start-up,'' said the airline's head of corporate affairs Stephen Forshaw. Were you affected by the flight delay? Message 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764) or email us with information. But Mr Forshaw said the problem which does "occur from time to time with aircraft generally'' was exacerbated when a replacement pump did not solve the glitch. Given the Singapore Air's second A380 was undergoing maintenance, Mr Forshaw said the flight had to be replaced with a Boeing 747-400. "Obviously, a 747-400 can't carry as many passengers as an A380, so we've had to transfer around 70 passengers to alternative flights today,'' he confirmed via an email. According to Changi Airport's web site the 747 replacement flight left nine hours late. "We're very sorry for the inconvenience caused to customers by the long delay, and especially the nature of it, with a lack of certain departure time,'' said Mr Forshaw. "Given the time of night, we explored transferring all customers to hotels till the defect was repaired, to allow them to get some rest. "Unfortunately, with the Singapore Airshow on this week, there were not sufficient hotel rooms to be able to accommodate those affected,'' he said. Mr Forshaw was the delay was ``most unfortunate'' given the high reliability of the world's largest passenger jet since its entry into service last October. Last month, Airbus boasted the A380 delivered to Singapore Air last October had been operating between Sydney and Singapore ``around 15 hours per day with a 100 per cent technical reliability''. Singapore Air introduced its second A380 on the route in mid-January. Singapore Air's morning departure from Sydney left only 20 minutes late this morning, given the replacement 747 had enough seats to carry the ``booked load''. The jet encountered its first mishap last month when it rolled off the tarmac onto a grass verge at Singapore's Changi Airport after coming loose from a tow truck.
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