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17th March 2008 | 20:50

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Gonzo

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From: LHR/EGLL

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Manchester is the designated diversion airport for the A380.

AFAIK Gatwick is further down the road to being an approved alternate airfield.

Until that time, I believe SIA will use EDDF or EHAM.

17th March 2008 | 23:32

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point5

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Yeah EDDF if the favoured diversion airport at the moment.

9V-SKB is due to leave WSSS at 01:14 GMT.
ETA EGLL 14:45 on 18th.
At the moment looks like 09L, but your guess is as good as mine.

Cheers!

18th March 2008 | 00:08

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ChristiaanJ

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I thought the Northern runway still had ongoing work, so the Hippo would land 09R/27L regardless.
But my info may well be out of date.

18th March 2008 | 00:59

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point5

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Nop! All runways available to A380, and now that Link 25 is back, a route to the dedicated A380 gates from all 4 runways. The A380 will operate in accordance with the daily runway alternation.

18th March 2008 | 01:57

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JetMech

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Some tarmac photos from the inaugural flight a few months ago

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http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/discussions....main/3670595/

18th March 2008 | 03:01

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allthatglitters

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Anyone know why 2 x A380 are sitting near the Tiger terminal at Changi and appear to be out of service? Cant imagine they should be sitting down there.

If you had looked closely you may have seen them being swopped around, various training flights were initiated from these bays. Also it is not the tiger terminal, it was named the Budget Terminal as Cebu Pacific also use the facilitys.

18th March 2008 | 03:44

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Xeque

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First commercial A380 into LHR today

London Telegraph (online) is reporting the first flight into Heathrow by a Singapore Airlines A380 today.
Should be quite a sight for the spotters and anyone in T3 with a view of the docking area.

18th March 2008 | 04:36

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Ctail

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Confirmed, SIA308 expected to land at 1440z at EGLL.

18th March 2008 | 05:21

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25thID

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380

I hope someone gets some good video and posts in on line. If anyone sees anything on some of the video sites please post the URL here if you would.

Thanks, 25th

18th March 2008 | 07:00

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airsound

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I understand Beeb News 24 plans to be there. Probably Sky News as well, although they were not evincing much interest yesterday.

airsound

18th March 2008 | 08:58

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Supermattt

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Best spot to watch it?

Any suggestion as to the best spot to watch A380 coming in? I guess it would be nice to se itland and taxi, what about on the top of that car park, not sure which terminal? Any ideas? Or there is a spot by a roundabout where I watched the last Concordes come in...where is that again?

Thanks

18th March 2008 | 09:01

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Charley B

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Thanks for all the replies--do hope that it gets LGW as an alternate--is it still going to operate now on the first one into LHR in the morning at 04.55 and return at 12.00 to the far east?

18th March 2008 | 09:19

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munkypuzel

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Boeing A380??

Sky news reporting that Boeing is the manufacturer of this beast....

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...309658,00.html

"Singapore Airlines and manufacturer Boeing claim the aircraft is the quietest and greenest big plane"

sky have since ammendes ;0

Last edited by munkypuzel; 18th March 2008 at 09:33. Reason: sky have rectified..

18th March 2008 | 09:57

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JMH

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they're landing on 09L this morning so it'll be coming into 27R which is a pain in the neck for us sat in offices on the bath road with an endless stream of dull, anonymous stuff streaming past all day, ho hum...

18th March 2008 | 10:03

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parabellum

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Been Accounting

Instead of being 'just another number' I could order a Personal Title and be a bit different

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just a question regarding the A380 and LHR--say there was a problem at LHR and it has to divert-where else in the UK have handling facilities/pier/steps etc for it?

"Somewhere that takes 747-400s or 777-300ERs - take your pick"

Have you been reading that Airbus propaganda drivel again Been Accounting?

18th March 2008 | 10:30

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trident3A

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From: London

Hi,
So landing 9L you reckon?

18th March 2008 | 10:56

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JMH

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"So landing 9L you reckon?"

they actually switched operations about half an hour ago so i dont know now, it normally changes at 3pm, i'll keep an eye on things and post with any changes - though i'm sure someone with a better understanding than me might actually know for sure!

At the mo they're going up on 27L, down on 27R.

18th March 2008 | 10:58

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trident3A

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Thanks JMH, someone suggested on here a while ago that the A380 was obliged to use the Southern runway regardless due to some kind of required modification to the runway/taxiways - anyone confirm this??