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Oct 17, 2007
THE QUEEN HAS LANDED
The first Airbus A380 landed - 10 minutes late - in Singapore, as the countdown began for next week's maiden commercial flight of the biggest passenger airliner ever built. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Oct 17, 2007
AT READY
A A380 compatible aerobridge (with a third arm) ready to service the incoming plane. -- PHOTO: CAAS
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Oct 17, 2007
BAPTISM
The Airbus A380 superjumbo passes under water jets as it taxis after landing at Changi Airport. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Oct 17, 2007
THE LINK UP
The aerobridge moves towards the Airbus A380 superjumbo as it parks in its bay. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Oct 17, 2007
WINDING DOWN
The powerful turbine engine of the A380 slows down after landing. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Oct 17, 2007
WITH EAGERNESS
Singapore Airlines engineers prepare to check and attend to the superjumbo. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Oct 17, 2007
WIDESCREEN ENTERTAINMENT
The new A380's upper deck economy class features a 26.9 cm television screen for in-flight entertainment. -- PHOTO: ST
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Oct 17, 2007
COMFORT, REDEFINED
The aircraft's new configuration allows for 60 business class seats, each 87cm wide, that can convert into a flat bed. Business class flyers on the new aircraft also enjoy a 39 cm creen for in-flight entertainment as well as USB ports and an in-seat power supply. -- PHOTO: ST
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Oct 17, 2007
SELF SERVICE
The new A380's features an upper deck business class with it's own walk-up refreshment bar. -- PHOTO: ST
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Oct 17, 2007
UP THE SLEEVE
The main staircase at the front that passengers can use to get to the second deck, though most second-deck economy passengers will enter through a skybridge to the second level. -- PHOTO: ST
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Oct 17, 2007
PERSONAL CORNER OF HEAVEN
First-class seats are replaced by the new Suites on the A380 on the lower deck. The suites are designed by leading French Luxury yacht designer Jean-Jacques Coste. The seats are a whopping 90cm wide, and also features a separate fold away bed with a full sized mattress. For couples travelling together, it can be converted into an optional double bed. -- PHOTO: ST
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Oct 17, 2007
BED OF ROSES
A Singapore Airlines stewardess straightens the duvet cover on one of two double beds. -- PHOTO: AP
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Oct 17, 2007
FIT FOR A PM
PM Lee Hsien Loong looks delighted as he takes a first look at the First Class private suites. -- PHOTO: ST
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Oct 17, 2007
GETTING COMFY
PM Lee takes a seat by the window as a group of VIPs, guests and journalists look on. -- PHOTO: ZAOBAO
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