Singapore Airlines has completed the first commercial Airbus A380 service to Europe after flight SQ308 touched down on London Heathrow’s runway 27L at 14:48 today.

The 471-seat aircraft departed Singapore Changi Airport with 449 passengers at 08:58 and docked at Heathrow’s Terminal 3.

SIA operates thrice-daily to Heathrow. The A380 has today temporarily replaced the Boeing 747-400 normally used by SIA for the daylight service.
It will undergo a four-hour turnaround at Heathrow before departing on the return leg, as SQ319, at 18:55.

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