warakorn

Another trip on the Airbus A380-800 from Singapore Airlines:
There was nothing out of ordinary with this flight.
Although, one has to say: flying out of Singapore Changi with a Singapore Airbus A380-800 is in a different league than flying out of London Gatwick on a Easyjet Airbus A320.
By phone we were able to score seats on the Upper Deck in the aft Economy section.


Meta info:

Flight: Singapore Airlines SQ 406
Departure from: Singapore Changi Airport, Terminal 3, SIN
Take-off from: Runway 20C, length 4,000 m / 13,123 ft
Arrival: Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal 3, DEL, India
Landing on: Runway 29, length 4,430 m / 14,534 ft
Distance: 2,579 miles / 4,150km
Duration: 5 hours and 42 minutes
Lounge at Singapore: KrisFlyer Gold Lounge, Terminal 3
Travel Class: Economy Class, Upper Deck
Pitch: 32 inches
Passenger load: approx. 98% in Economy
Plane: Airbus A380-800
Registration: 9V-SKJ
Sepcial Livery: 50 Years Independence of Singapore
Delivered to SQ: September 2009
Engines: 2 x Rolls-Royce Trent 970B-84
Take-Off Thrust: 78,300 lbf each
Route: Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Phuket, Bay of Bengal, Bhubaneswar, Bharatpur



Here is the video:





Some photos from the place where I was staying near East Coast Park, Singapore (lot of people say Singapore is boring; however, where in Europe do we have such a residential area in winter-time?):















Singapore Changi Airport - Terminal 3:




Departure area - Terminal 3:





Christmas decoration, Singapore style:




Airside: Terminal 3:







Singapore Food Street (expensive, but good, be aware: you get no paper towels in Singapore):





Empty Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Gold Lounge Terminal 3 (honestly, it is not so bad; I've seen worse lounges; moreover, it has natural light in comparison to the SKL):












Tarmac tour, when transiting between Terminal 3 and Terminal 2:





Automated People Mover between Terminal 2 and Terminal 1:





The airside swimming pool (they've raised the price to 17 SGD and do not include any water or non-alcoholic drink anymore):





This special livery Airbus A380-800 (9V-SKJ) will take us to India:







Boarding gate area after security:





A380 Fuselage:





Aft Upper Deck section:





Our Economy seats on the Upper Deck:




Lots of shoulder space due to the curvature:





This flight will be almost full in Economy:





Upper Deck galley:





Staircase between Upper and Main Deck:







Aft Economy section on the Main Deck:







Wingviews from various perspectives:











Massive, isn't it?





Taxiing from Terminal 3 towards the edge of Runway 20C:









Parked Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900:





Getting ready for take off from Runway 20C:





Singapore East Coast Park:




This must be Singapore:





Overflying the most Eastern part of Singapore:





Overflying Langkawi, Malaysia:







Getting closer to the thunderstorm areas in the Bay of Bengal (pilot notified us that we should not worry; he has a good weather radar; moreover, the A380 takes turbulence quite well):











Dinner Menu:





complementary Dinner - not bad:





Desert:





Night time is chasing us.





Are we on the Dreamliner?





Roaming around the plane (aft economy section upper deck):







Foward Econony section on the Main Deck (Premium Economy can be seen in the background):





Middle Economy section on the Main Deck:







Aft Economy section on the Main Deck:





Sunset over the Bay of Bengal:







Horizontal Stabilizer, glowing from the last rays of sunlight:





Wing view:





Hitting the Indian coast around Bhubaneswar, Odisha State:











KrisWorld Inflight Entertainment System - its good, but not the best one anymore:





Approaching Delhi from the South (Bharatpur):









We are put into a holding pattern:





Delhi at night:







Direct vector towards Runway 29:





After touchdown (newly-built Terminal 3 is glowing in the background):





Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner:







Singapore Airlines Business Class section in the Upper Deck:





Deplaning the A380 at Delhi:





Outer Rolls-Royce Trent 970B-84 engine:





Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal 3:





Indian immigration checkpoint:





No photos of Delhi at this point - sorry!



Here is the video again:


Enjoy!




All my trip reports on FT:

Airbus:

Iberia Airbus A340-600 London - Madrid in Y

Air Caraibes Airbus A350-900 Guadeloupe - Paris in Y

Empty Finnair Airbus A350-900 Helsinki - London Heathrow in Y+ and AY Lounge Sauna

Finnair Airbus A350-900 Helsinki - Shanghai in Y+

Finnair Airbus A350-900 Hong Kong - Helsinki in Y+

Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800 Singapore - New Delhi in Upper Deck Y

British Airways Airbus A380-800 Singapore - London Heathrow in Y



Boeing:

Asiana Boeing 747-400 Combi Tokyo - Seoul in F

Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300ER Montreal - Cancun in Y+

Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300ER Cancun - Toronto in Y

United Boeing 777-200ER Houston - Newark - Amsterdam in C

United Boeing 777-200ER Amsterdam - Houston in Y+

United Boeing 777-200ER Singapore - Hongkong in C

British Airways Boeing 777-300ER London - Shanghai in Y

ANA Boeing 777-300ER Singapore - Tokyo in C

Swiss Boeing 777-300ER Zurich - Hong Kong in Y

Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER Hong Kong - Singapore in Y

TUI Airlines Nederland Boeing 787-8 Sint Maarten - Curacao in P

TUI Airlines Nederland Boeing 787-8 Curacao - Amsterdam in P

Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Toronto - London in Y

ANA Boeing 787-8 Shanghai Pudong - Tokyo Narita in C

United Boeing 787-9 Los Angeles - Houston in C



Trains:

CFR Calatori Bucharest - Istanbul Halkali in Sleeper Car

EuroNight Jan Kiepura Cologne - Warsaw in Sleeper Cabin

China High Speed Rail Shanghai - Xiamen in F

Caledonian Sleeper Train Inverness - London Euston in Sleeper Cabin

French TGV High Speed Train: Barcelona - Paris in F

China High Speed Rail Guangzhou - Shanghai Hongqiao in Y

Swiss Railways Lötschberg Mountain Line Bern - Brig in F

Ukraine Railways Kiev - Budapest in Sleeper Cabin

Virgin Trains West Coast London - Glasgow in F



Lounges:

Five Star Alliance Lounges: LHR

Four OneWorld Lounges: HKG

TBIT Star Alliance Lounge: LAX



Enjoy!

TCD

Wow, that looks like a great economy flight. I can't believe you actually got a printed menu!

The upper deck window seats also look great with their extra storage space, looks like a big improvement over the main deck window seats?

warakorn

The upper deck window seats in Y have the advantage that you store your bag in that box, so you always have easy access to it.