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<P><A href="http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/index.jsp">Singapore Airlines</A> has completed the first commercial<A href="http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/02/27/205274/everything-about-the-airbus-a380.html"> Airbus A380 </A>service to Europe after flight SQ308 touched down on <A href="http://www.heathrowairport.com/">London Heathrow’s </A>runway 27L at 14:48 today.<BR><BR>The 471-seat aircraft departed <A href="http://www.changiairport.com/">Singapore Changi Airport </A>with 449 passengers at 08:58 and docked at Heathrow’s Terminal 3.<BR><BR>SIA operates thrice-daily to Heathrow. The A380 has today temporarily replaced the Boeing 747-400 normally used by SIA for the daylight service.<BR>It will undergo a four-hour turnaround at Heathrow before departing on the return leg, as SQ319, at 18:55.</P> <P align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; WIDTH: 445px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; HEIGHT: 245px" alt=