British Airways will start operating its Airbus A380 on the London to Singapore route from October, the airline has confirmed.
The A380 will replace the Boeing 747-700 that is currently uses, allowing an estimated 4,000 passengers to fly to Singapore each month.
Starting on October 28 the carrier will deploy the double-decker aircraft initially three weekly and increase to daily by February 2015.
The service will depart London Heathrow every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and the return flight will leave Singapore’s Changi Airport every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
BA’s regional general manager, Robert Williams, said: “We have a long history of serving Singapore and over the past 80 years we have established strong ties with the country.
“The London to Singapore service is also integral to British Airways’ ‘Kangaroo Route’, which was one of the airline’s most popular long-haul routes last year.
“Introducing our latest aircraft to the route further reinstates the commitment that we have to serving Singapore which is extremely important to our network.”
BA announced last year it ordered 12 Airbus A380 aircraft which are expected to all arrive by 2016.
The airline currently operates its A380s to Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Johannesburg, and will deploy the aircraft on its London-Washington DC route from September 2014.
BritishAirways.com