SQ's Star Alliance Special Livery B777-300ER
SQ 001 HKG-SIN (Hong Kong->Singapore/Changi)
DEP HKG 09 JUN 2013 08:10
ARR SIN 09 JUN 2013 11:40
Flight Duration: 3:30
Aircraft: B777-300ER
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| Courtesy of www.flightaware.com |
Today I am headed for Pekanbaru, Indonesia, a city in Sumatra Island less than one hour flight away from Singapore. Pekanbaru is the capital of Riau, one of the many provinces of Indonesia. More details on Pekanbaru on next trip report, (Silk Air MI 252 Singapore->Pekanbaru).
The plane I would be taking from Hong Kong to Singapore is SQ 001, B777-300ER. SQ 001 is a part of Singapore Airlines' two-segment San Francisco to Singapore flight with about two-hour stopover in Hong Kong Airport. The flight departs around 1AM from SFO, arriving at HKG at 6AM before departing for SIN at 8AM.
In order to get to airport on time with less budget, I decided to take the Hong Kong city bus A11 from Fortress Hill at 05:00. I arrived in airport at around 06:30.
At the upper deck of the A11 bus.. looking toward Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
Above the Stone Cutter's Bridge, my first time on the bridge.
The Tsing Ma Bridge to Lantau Island.
And a bit later, arrived at Hong Kong Airport!
Heading toward Singapore Airlines check-in counters
At the time Singapore Airlines counters were located across from the Korean Air counters
Economy class line for Singapore Airlines check-in counters. I was the only one at the time who was checking-in.
The boarding passes for Singapore Airlines SQ 001 and Silk Air MI 252. The Silk Air's boarding pass was also printed on the Singapore Airlines boarding pass template.
The food court which I always visit whenever I come to Hong Kong Airport.
As I walked toward my gate, that's when I found out that my plane today would be a special livery one.
It's one of SQ's Star Alliance livery B777-300ER.
The flight was getting ready for boarding.
Boarding started at 7:25AM at Gate 16.
I was one of the firsts to board the plane.
You can't probably tell from the picture, but the interior of the plane seemed a bit old and worn out. This was especially visible in the economy section. My seat's cover looked discolored and parts of the fabric was ripped.
My window seat, 43A
The AVOD system on Singapore Airlines economy seats. Their TV on economy seats are probably one of the bigger ones out there among top-class airlines.
The cabin scene while everyone pours in. There were many passengers traveling from San Francisco holding boarding pass cards while boarding.
Cabin interior Panorama
Perhaps a Beijing-bound Hainan Airlines?
At this time, the flight attendants were distributing hot towels to each passengers.
Here's the menu. I can even see what was offered on the SFO->HKG route.
Here's HKG->SIN route choices. I eventually chose Char Siew Fun Quin.
And we took off toward the west.
Flying up and away from Lantau Island..
You can spot the Airport to the left.
Inflight map
Not too long after take-off, the breakfast was served.
This was the Chinese breakfast option, Char Siew Fun Quinn.
Dim Sums for breakfast wasn't a bad idea. Overall, the meal tasted pretty good, not too oily nor salty.
It was also my first time ordering Singapore Sling. It was early in the morning for a booze, but I just wanted to try it. I passed out after drinking it all.
Flying over South China Sea..
After dozing off from time to time, I've woken up as the plane arrived into Singapore Airport.
It would be my first time arriving into Terminal 3.
It was my first time inside Terminal 3 and I was thoroughly impressed with the building. It was one of the best terminals I've ever been to.
The terminal was very quiet and the atmosphere felt very comfy.
Very clean looking immigrations floor.
The following link is for Silk Air MI252
Air Asia AK 1341 PKU-KUL Trip Report
Air Asia X D7 506 KUL-ICN Trip Report
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