SIA Accepts First A380

[Alan B. 5]

Thank you to everyone for the info and photos! Great Job

[Waiping 12]

Congratulations to SIA for getting the first A380.

[T Azahan 1]

KC, KWEK, Tsentsan, Kian Hong, LEECH, sorry for saying one thousand thank you rather late. i was in TGG for the raya holidays. just got back today. KC, your cabin pictures are priceless. KWEK, your piano shot is bloody good!!!

[Prashant K 0]

Great great coverage guys... Thanks alot for posting em up!

[Min Chun 0]

Wow this is the MWings la

best coverage

[Raymond Ngu 0]

Thanks for the great coverage and pics

Finally the A380 has been delivered to SQ

 

Can't wait for the coverage for the 1st flight to SYD on 25/10.

[Ian Lim 0]

Wow

[shane 0]

the pics are just incredible !

thanks for sharing guys

[Colin Kok 0]

Hey Guys,

 

I went for a visit to the A380 today and took quite a lot of photos. Just to share some here from different pespective on board. Pls enjoy.

 

Before boarding the New Queen 9V-SKA

 

 

The new Suite Beyond First Class

 

 

 

 

A380 Business Class

 

 

View from the Upper Deck Business Class

 

 

Fuel Jettison device

 

 

2 tone of Economy seats

 

 

 

Lastly trying out on the mockup Suite ( Real one on the plane is out of bound cannot sit on cos so precious got to treat her like a Princess )

 

 

Of cos need a parting shot with the New Queen

 

 

 

[Victor A. 2]

WOOOWW!!! Great coverage there Colin!! interior looks really luxurious.

[kianhong 0]

Ooo.... Nice nice. Thanks Colin for sharing more photos of the Queen. The Suite Class seat look very comfortable.

Hope to visit her too...

[Colin Kok 0]

Indeed, the Suite is really fantastic.

 

But I also strongly believe the price tag to be even more "beautiful" especially when it might be up to 25% increase in price tag from B744 ( The Old Queen thus making B744 the New Queen's Mother ) First Class.

 

haha...with that, perhaps mostly the Super Rich can afford the Suite travel.

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

[Mohd Yohan 0]

totally love this photo..........

 

another A380 at the background .......anyway, welcome A380 to SQ.......the water canon really2 looks cool....lucky for those who were there to witness the great event.... anyone that will be there on 25th/26th? thanks for sharing the awesome pictures....

 

[T Azahan 1]

colin!!! cheers. the cartoons make the Y cabin a lot more colorful!

[Edwin Yii 0]

yah mate..very Lavish i should say.. cant wait to fly with it one day ...

[razlan 0]

maybe MW members can organise a spotting trip to Changi just for a380 spotting

[Kevin Teh 0]

the Y cabin looks cool with the simpson! hahaha

 

thanks for sharing Colin!

[Yuh Loh 0]

Terima Kasih banyak banyak for the interior shots!

[Pieter C. 5]

Colin,

 

Thanks for sharing the Whale-shots, both inside- and out

 

Suits and Business Class look awesome

[iwan 3]

just look at the size of that tailfin...looks majestic even on the ground..great shot!

[Mohd Yohan 0]

maybe MW members can organise a spotting trip to Changi just for a380 spotting

that's a great idea i'm in then........but the timing is on thursday rite.....8am, and friday 11pm(so need to apply for leave).......btw, there are 3 A380s rite? all of them to Sydney?

[Sim Lim Shen 0]

Wonderful shot, Colin.

 

By the way, where did SQ got their A380 pilots from? Existing B744 crews, or new recruits?

[Andrew Hunt 0]

Hi All,

 

So sorry for the late posting of photos, this is the first opp. that I have had, Since the shoot, I have been snowed under at work....and now it is Saturday morning, I have had a chance to do some processing for exclusive viewing at Mwings!

 

The Arrival.....and everyone was watching the star of the show!

 

Retarding on 20R....welcome to your new home!

 

Sunset taxi....light was wrong, but an A380 still looks good from any angle!

 

We salute you!

 

Media....ground crew....everyone was running around trying to get pics!

 

The launch event is nearly over.....and you've earned a good rest!

 

Enjoy the pics guys.....!

 

Andrew

 

 

[KC Sim 2]

Wow . . . thanks Andrew for giving us the perspective from the terminal side of the A380's arrival. And there you have it, the definitive view of the watercanon salute - the first ever at Singapore Changi Airport. I hope there are more to come.

 

Now that I am sufficiently rested . . . and had enough time to process more pictures, here's the first weekend installment (all taken on 14 October in Toulouse - the day before the handover ceremony).

 

No need to have titles . . . this is telling enough.

 

And here's more closeups to show off the A380's assets . . . starting with her two huge things on each side . . .

 

. . . her not so ample wingtip . . .

 

And throughout the day, there were basically three sets of people photographing 9V-SKA. This is the photographer contracted by Airbus to do their still photography (not that he and I could keep still for any length of time).

 

And here's the two doing the video that finally went into the presentation used in the handover ceremony . . . just can't stop them from running into the viewfinder and so thought I might as well show them at work.

 

And throughout the day, they pushed her . . .

 

and come sundown, they were still pushing her . . .

 

and from this termite's eye-view, she continued to be pushed and pulled around the ramp. From this very low perspective, she looks a little like the AN-124.

 

. . . another view of the A380 and one final push before she is allowed some rest.

 

And finally dusk set in . . .

 

And the big girl is allow some rest before her big day tomorrow.

 

And what's a visit to Toulouse without a shot of the Mother of all Big Mama . . . the one that WOWed the world when she was unveiled.

 

KC Sim

 

 

[Prashant K 0]

Great shots! Thanks for the great coverage!