warakorn

We had the chance to take the British Airways Airbus A380-800 service from Singapore Changi and London Heathrow - in Economy Class.
Of course, expectations were quite low. So there was no disappointment. As it was an overnight flight, we have slept most of the way. The total flight time was just shy of 13 hours.
In my eyes the crew was pretty young, so I believe this flight was crewed by Mixed Fleet.
The flight was pretty smooth for most of the journey. We have only experienced an air pocket over the Bay of Bengal. The vertical windshear was quite powerful.

Unfortunately, we only had a second-rate smartphone available for the flight, hence, the picture quality is quite bad. I hope you'll understand.

Here are some metadata on the flight:

Flight: British Airways BA 12
Departure from: Singapore Changi Airport, Terminal 1, SIN, WSSS, Singapore
Take-off from: Runway 20C, length 4,000 m / 13,123 ft
Arrival: London Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5, LHR, EGLL, United Kingdom
Landing on: Runway 27L; length 3,660 m / 12,008 ft
Distance: 6,765 miles / 10,887 km
Duration: 12 hours and 54 minutes
Travel Class: World Traveller, Economy Class
Seat: 39K on Main Deck
Pitch: 31 inches
Width: 17.5 inches
Passenger load: approx. 99%
Plane: Airbus A380-800
Registration: G-XLEK
Delivered to BA: February 2016
Engines: 4 x Rolls-Royce Trent 970
Take-Off Thrust: 78,300 lbf
Route: Bay of Bengal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan,
Black Sea, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Netherlands



British Airways Airbus A380-800 at Changi Airport:







Club World Main Deck (Business Class):





World Traveller Plus Upper Deck (Economy Plus):





World Traveller Upper Deck (Economy Plus):





Mood lighting in the Economy cabin on the Main Deck - I was sitting in seat 39K:





The usual gap between the seat and the cabin ceiling:





IFE at full swing - unfortunately, BA does not offer an outside cam view:





BA dinner - only fish was available, because the second option has run out.





Aft staircase to connect the Main with the Upper Deck:







Over India - the ride was quite smooth, we were recovering from the vertical windshear over the Bay of Bengal:





We took a more northerly route, since Ukrainian airspace (esp. around the areas of the DNR and LNR) is avoided since MH17:





Daylight is coming over Belarus:





The massive Airbus A380-800 wing:





Traversing Northern Germany:







Mood lighting in the Upper Deck Economy cabin:







BA breakfast, served around two hours before arrival:





Dutch coast:





Approaching London from the east - we arrived around 25 min early:





Our plane Heathrow at Terminal 5B:












Direct link to video:


Enjoy!

warakorn

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!

BlackSkyuk

That BA dinner looks ok for Economy.

djjaguar64

Nice TR, fish is better then other meat served onboard and easy to digest especially while in a sitting position for that long flight.

wolf72

Great review!!! Thanks for sharing!

shefgab

Nice report! The SIN A380 flights are actually crewed by Worldwide crew, the B777 (BA 15/16 continuing to SYD) are Mixed Fleet.

wolf72

How did you find the economy seats and spacing between the seat and seat in front? How was the quality of the IFE and entertainment options?

Any snacks available in between meals?

warakorn

Well, the meal seems to be better than BA serves on First on SIN-SYD - I recall a recent thread here on FT.

I was sleeping.

SMART51

Nice report, seems food in y is as good or bad as C.
BTW the A380 has 4 engines not 2

injian

Thanks for sharing and the pics are good enough.

The engine metadata has to be corrected.

warakorn

yes, I did it - it was a copy&paste error.