Heathrow News » Singapore Airlines http://heathrownews.com News and information from Heathrow Airport Fri, 11 May 2012 15:03:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Singapore goes all A380 http://heathrownews.com/2012/04/17/singapore-goes-all-a380/ http://heathrownews.com/2012/04/17/singapore-goes-all-a380/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:40:20 +0000 admin http://heathrownews.com/?p=1759

Singapore Airlines is to use the Airbus A380 superjumbo on all its’ three daily Heathrow flights starting from June 1.

Currently, two of the three services are operated by the A380 while the other is served by a Boeing B777-300ER. The switch will add 17 per cent more capacity per day to the route just ahead of the London Olympics.

The A380 has become the carrier’s only “jumbo” aircraft in its fleet after having retired its last Boeing 747 yesterday.

Heathrow was Singapore Airlines’ first destination in Europe to receive the superjumbo in March 2008 with a second A380 to start on the route six months later.

Singapore currently has 16 A380s in its fleet with another three on firm order and options on a further six aircraft.

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