A380 to be used on flights to Hong Kong

Singapore Airlines has announced that it will use the Airbus A380 to operate flights to Hong Kong.

The carrier will make Hong Kong its fifth A380 destination from July 9th, with services already operating to Sydney, Tokyo, London and Paris.

Singapore Airlines will be replacing the current Boeing 777-300 that operates the route from Singapore to Hong Kong with the A380, providing an increase of ten per cent in seat capacity for travellers.

Huang Cheng Eng, the airline's executive vice-president of marketing, said: "The operation of the A380 to Hong Kong shows our confidence in the demand for both business and leisure travel between Singapore and the famed 'pearl of the Orient'.

"Hong Kong is a vibrant business hub and at the same time it has much to offer leisure travellers looking for great places to shop, eat and play."

The presence of the A380 in international aviation was also boosted by Emirates recently, which deployed the aircraft on flights to Toronto and Bangkok from Dubai.

Posted by Penny, 11 June 2009 17:12

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