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SIA's A380 flight services to take off on Oct 28

SIA's A380 flight services to take off on Oct 28

Old Sep 12, 2007, 5:51 am
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SIA's A380 flight services to take off on Oct 28

Sep 12, 2007
SIA's A380 flight services to take off on Oct 28


SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will begin flight services with the new Airbus A380 between Singapore and Sydney on Oct 28.

The A380 will operate a daily return flight, replacing one of the three Boeing 747-400 services on the route, said SIA in a statement on Wednesday.

The aircraft will operate SQ221, departing Singapore in the evening and arriving into Sydney in the early morning, and return as SQ220, departing Sydney in the morning and arriving into Singapore in the early afternoon.

The 471-seat aircraft is divided into three classes: 12 Singapore Airlines Suites on the main deck; 60 Business Class on the upper deck; and 399 Economy Class seats on both decks.

The Business and Economy Class cabin products are modelled on those launched in late 2006 and currently featuring on the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

The new Singapore Airlines Suites will be unveiled at the delivery of the A380 in October.

Copyright 2007 Singapore Press Holdings. All rights reserved.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 7:39 am
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I'm booked on SQ221 for Nov. 1 and SQ220 for Nov. 4. Looking forward to flying on the 380 during it's first week of regular service. I would have liked to have changed my dates to be on the first regular service on Oct. 28, but cannot change my business appointments to those dates.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 7:46 am
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I'm R-booked on SQ221 for Oct. 28 and SQ220 for Oct. 31.
R is indeed used for SQ Suites and used to be AF fare class for Concorde flights until May 2003.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 8:04 am
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Looks like they're charging a SGD 2,500 premium for A380 R seats over B747 F seats. I guess they'll be charging a hefty premium for award seats in R as well.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 8:23 am
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Award seats in R?
You must be joking!

Earlier today, I sent out a request to my friend who is a supervisor with United Airlines. She is 60+ with zillion years experience on the job. I gave her the complete infromation on the new A380 flights starting Oct. 28.

This is the answer I received:

Bonjour

Concerning free award tickets with the new SQ:

I took a look, and absolutely no First class are even shown
, only business and y class.

Then there are no seats left in business class not even until next summer 2008!

Then and then there are seats in Y class...

BEST regards


Good luck getting award R/J seats on the A380, mate!

Originally Posted by A_Lee
Looks like they're charging a SGD 2,500 premium for A380 R seats over B747 F seats. I guess they'll be charging a hefty premium for award seats in R as well.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 8:30 am
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The HUGE difference being that the A380 is NOT Concorde!
They will never be able to outperform Concorde by any standard!
Other than their ultra-sophisticated avionics, the A380s are just like any regular old plane... so slo-o-o-o-wwww!!!!!!!!!!


Originally Posted by Malonda
‘R’ is indeed used for SQ Suites and used to be AF fare class for Concorde flights until May 2003.

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Old Sep 12, 2007, 8:39 am
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Exactly. Although, if SIA can fill the seats, all the power to them.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 9:21 am
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Incidentally, I just checked the fares... and SQ is forcing that if anyone chooses the A380 flights in F, that the fares 'break' in SIN even though you are just connecting through. So no matter if you bought your tickets in BOM, CMB or BKK, your fare will be raised somewhat to the HIP which is Singapore.

SQ is smart in that it chooses R as the class code with no other 'discounted' fares in F. Anyone attempting to originate from another place where the currency and fare is low, ie BKK even in F has to have R combined into it which effectively changes the fare to the higher amount!

SQ's normal F fare from SIN to SYD return is US$ 4725. But the A380's fare in R class raises it up to US$ 6800.

If booking a full F class ticket from BKK to SYD return via SIN, fare would be US$4566 + 280 tax.
That's with any flight from SIN to SYD. But the minute you book on the A380 flight in R, as there is no F much less A class, the fare changes. The fare calculation breaks the fare at SIN, and raises the entire fare to : US$ 6315 + 280 tax. If you want 2 A380 flights, the fare becomes: US$ 8063 + 280 !


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Old Sep 12, 2007, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by Guy Betsy
Incidentally, I just checked the fares... and SQ is forcing that if anyone chooses the A380 flights in F, that the fares 'break' in SIN even though you are just connecting through. So no matter if you bought your tickets in BOM, CMB or BKK, your fare will be raised somewhat to the HIP which is Singapore.

SQ is smart in that it chooses R as the class code with no other 'discounted' fares in F. Anyone attempting to originate from another place where the currency and fare is low, ie BKK even in F has to have R combined into it which effectively changes the fare to the higher amount!

SQ's normal F fare from SIN to SYD return is US$ 4725. But the A380's fare in R class raises it up to US$ 6800.

If booking a full F class ticket from BKK to SYD return via SIN, fare would be US$4566 + 280 tax.
That's with any flight from SIN to SYD. But the minute you book on the A380 flight in R, as there is no F much less A class, the fare changes. The fare calculation breaks the fare at SIN, and raises the entire fare to : US$ 6315 + 280 tax. If you want 2 A380 flights, the fare becomes: US$ 8063 + 280 !

Amazing.... I remember years ago I bought a Concorde ticket Europe-US. Had I purchased just LHR-JFK, it would have been about $6000 USD one way. But I had the ticket start in Italy, and my routing was:
Pisa-Gatwick (BA, C)
Heathrow-JFK (BA, R)
JFK-LAX (UA, F)

All for about $4000.

The fare didn't break in LHR, but rather, it was a PSA-LAX fare one way fare. (It would have been a little less if the LHR-JFK were in F, but not much).
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 10:08 am
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Originally Posted by zrs70
Amazing.... I remember years ago I bought a Concorde ticket Europe-US. Had I purchased just LHR-JFK, it would have been about $6000 USD one way. But I had the ticket start in Italy, and my routing was:
Pisa-Gatwick (BA, C)
Heathrow-JFK (BA, R)
JFK-LAX (UA, F)

All for about $4000.

The fare didn't break in LHR, but rather, it was a PSA-LAX fare one way fare. (It would have been a little less if the LHR-JFK were in F, but not much).
I bought such a ticket too, but originated from CAI. The booking fare required the flights be booked in "A" class. Which the Concorde flights had in addition to "R" class. My fare turned out to be a mistake fare but as it has to be issued in Egypt only, not many people knew about it. I was in Cairo at the time and promptly issued the ticket. CAI-LHR-NYC-LHR-CAI, stopover in LHR both ways and CAI-LHR return was in F. I paid US$2500 !

SQ's A380 flights only have one booking code: R.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 10:54 am
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Downgrade from first (A) to business class on A380

Just wondering - Holding first class ticket SIN~SYD (Booking class A) in November (SQ 219) - Would it be possible to change flight (SQ 221) and downgrade to business class (Z,D,C,J) onboard the A380 ??
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 1:27 pm
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What I am wondering if first class on Circle Pacific or RTWs, normally booked in A, are not permitted on the A380?
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 3:01 pm
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What I am wondering if first class on Circle Pacific or RTWs, normally booked in A, are not permitted on the A380?
There is no A booking class on A380. Only R class, and C/Y classes.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 4:03 pm
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Originally Posted by chuck1
What I am wondering if first class on Circle Pacific or RTWs, normally booked in A, are not permitted on the A380?
Nope. And if you have a booking already on 380 SIN-SYD-SIN,SQ will go in and change it to "R". from "F". I cannot speak for "A" booking.
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Old Sep 12, 2007, 4:30 pm
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booked roundtrip A380 flights

OK I could NOT resist, iam booked on the 28th for SIN-SYD, arrive into SIN on the morning of the 25th to watch the First A380 Inaugural flight take off, then will enjoy my trip on the BEAST on the 28th Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah.

A380 back on Nov 4th.

I tried to book a fare with a stop over on SQ website, but kept coming up with only 747 flights and one A380 sector, so bit the bullet and booked two seperate flights.
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