Inaugural A380 Commercial Flight - SYD Arrival

[SIA1A]

At what time is the inaugural Singapore Airlines A380 scheduled to arrive in Sydney? What is its current ETA?

The flight does not appear to be listed at Welcome to Singapore Airlines: Asia's leading airline with flights serving over 35 countries The flight number is SQ380.

EDIT: OK got it - from today's SMH. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Kingsford Smith at 5:25pm today, Thurs 25 October so it has probably departed SIN by now. Assuming a 9.5 hour flight + fly-pasts in SIN and SYD adding 1.5 hours to the flight, it is likely to have departed SIN at about 0630 SYD time (0430 SIN).

EDIT 2: Hmm - wrong assumption above. Searching the Singapore Airlines flight status web site, I have found the flight - it departs SIN 0800 local time, arrives SYD 1725. That equates to 7h 25min in the air. Seems short, especially given added time to allow for fly-past activity - or does the A380 have a much faster cruising speed than the 747 etc? Seems unlikely.

Before landing in SYD there is a plan, subject to weather, for the A380 to fly down Sydney Harbour from 4:45pm. See the SMH article, which includes a description of the route it will take around Sydney, here: Now you can hop on a double-decker bus to Sydney - Travel - smh.com.au.


Another question for which I can't find the answer: At what time tomorrow will the A380 depart Sydney tomorrow?

 

[Brettmcg]

That equates to 7h 25min in the air. Seems short, especially given added time to allow for fly-past activity - or does the A380 have a much faster cruising speed than the 747 etc? Seems unlikely.

Before landing in SYD there is a plan, subject to weather, for the A380 to fly down Sydney Harbour from 4:45pm. See the SMH article, which includes a description of the route it will take around Sydney, here: Now you can hop on a double-decker bus to Sydney - Travel - smh.com.au.

FYI

Cruising Speed

• A380 - Mach 0.85 (902.7 km/h)
• B744 - Mach 0.85 (902.7 km/h)

Maximum Speed

• A380 - Mach 0.89 (945.18 km/h)
• B744 - Mach 0.92 (977.04km/h)

 

[Kendall Roy]

I think they are looking at a 34L landing from the south, however this will obviously depend on winds etc.

More discussion: Sydney Airport Message Board :: View topic - SQ380 in Sydney, which gate?

I'll be taking a Vid Camera down to hopefully capture her on short finals.

 

[dot]

SIN-SYD in 7:25 sounds about right - I normally fly SIN-MEL and that is typically 7:15 -7:25, so (as brettmcg points out) the A380 is about the same speed at cruise as the B747.

Dot

 

[NM]

I believe the departure of SQ381 from SYD will be around 4pm on 26th October. Its then due into SIN around 10pm.

 

[SIA1A]

There's live coverage now on Foxtel from Changi - see Sky News and CNBC.

 

[SIA1A]

SIN-SYD in 7:25 sounds about right - I normally fly SIN-MEL and that is typically 7:15 -7:25, so (as brettmcg points out) the A380 is about the same speed at cruise as the B747.

Dot

But the aircraft is doing a 40 minute fly around the harbour before it lands in Sydney... and will likely do something in Singapore airspace after taking off, adding at least an hour to the flight time.

 

[SIA1A]

She's rolling down the Changi runway now... and take-off!

Take off was at 0816 SIN time 25 Oct 2007.

 

[Kendall Roy]

AirportScheduled TimeActual TimeEstimated TimeStatusDeparture From Singapore (SIN) 07:59 Arrival In Sydney (SYD) EST 17:10
Apparently the flyover has been canned and it'll be an earlier landing.

I'll have to sneak out of work early to check it out

 

[simongr]

So there is a full load of Pax on board for the flight? I got a little confused as to which was the first Pax flight.

 

[oz_mark]

So there is a full load of Pax on board for the flight? I got a little confused as to which was the first Pax flight.

Should be full of people buying tickets from the e-bay charity auction