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Singapore Airlines' BRILLIANT A350 Business Class: Copenhagen to Rome
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2024
- Welcome to this incredible trip! YES, Singapore Airlines really are running a fifth freedom flight from Copenhagen to Rome and it is surely the best business class product you can take wholly within the EU. Enjoy!
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Check in and SAS Gold Lounge
2:26 Tricky logistics of this fifth freedom flight!
7:26 Boarding via the stairs!
9:10 Taxi and Takeoff
11:42 Business Class seat tour
12:18 Meal service
13:22 Obligatory toilet tour!
14:26 Amazing views over the Alps
14:44 WiFi
15:48 Amenity kit
16:38 Descent and Landing
17:18 Conclusions, fare details, outro and thanks
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Date of Travel: 21 SEP 2021
Airline: Singapore Airlines
Livery: Standard Singapore Airlines livery
Route: CPH-FCO
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Flight Number: SQ 352
Miles: 954
Airborne time: 2h00m
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This was one of your "Best" yet. What separates you and a select few, is the fact that you remember your audience, no uncomfortable language, and most importantly, the inside knowledge, once acquired is shared.
Keep up the good work, and much appreciated...
Thank you! I appreciate it! I try to pitch the videos for more casual viewers so I’m glad to hear you like the plain language etc!
The flight went well for the crew; however, they were short one bottle of water in Economy. Great vid as always!
Paul, I can't remember if I have said but your videos are the most professional on the planet. The research you clearly do before narrating the videos is truly amazing. I have missed your regular videos but completely love your honesty about it during the pandemic. Looking forward to more going forward. Thank you.
Welcome to this incredible trip! YES, Singapore Airlines really are running a fifth freedom flight from Copenhagen to Rome and it is surely the best business class product you can take wholly within the EU. Enjoy!
Some flights I have done with mouthwash have small paper cups to use it. Also BTW you can now fly LHR to Singapore with Singapore air if you are transiting.
Twice I’ve flown between Manchester and Munich on SQ and they were the best economy class flights I’ve ever done. It’s a shame that that route has disappeared, but I’m glad to see some intra European SQ routes are still operating.
SIA
A Great Way to Fly
A proud Singaporean
"I can't wait for Singapore to be open again"
As a Brit living in Singapore, you aren't alone in that sentiment! Can't wait for this to be all over.....whatever that looks like.
Paul, this trip report reminds me why I like you best. You're unpretentious; focus on the product; don't crack lame jokes or constantly hog the camera; and your opinions can't be bought. Keep it up, mate. BTW: I adore SQ and they're my first choice for long hauls in business class. But right now, I would gladly and contentedly settle for economy class to anywhere with SQ.
Looking forward to this Paul, taking a nice break from editing to watch this 🤝
Hope you enjoy! Cheers Connor!
there are little cups for the mouthwash on the right of the sink (and on SQ there has always been mouthwash at least on the long haul flights that I took on economy)
Such friendly welcome of the crew in showing you to your seat ☺️ 08:37-08:43 looks like a shot that can be in a commercial. Ha ha.
Paul, love your videos. During these Covid times they're a great substitute for not being able to travel myself. I especially like you video editing and choice of music. Well done! Would love to see another epic train trip when it becomes convenient. Keep up the great work.
Got several of those coming up in November with Amtrak! Can’t wait. Cheers for being a loyal subscriber 👍🏻
I agree, Paul’s editing and music selection is always a really high standard
Great video mate, Singapore airless never disappoints me, even if I only fly economy. I hoping to try their Premium Economy cabin one day.
congratulations on a quarter million subscribers (:
Thank you!! Here’s to the next 250K 😉
@@Paul_Lucas i hope i will be at 250k soon- im at 66 😂
Great video as always, Singapore have always been fantastic. Seriously consider flying them when we open up here in Australia again and go PER-SIN-LHR or vice versa for the hell of it.
Wonderful video Paul and this was really fun for me to watch as I flew this route earlier this month but in Economy ( mine was the bulkhead seat with the seat in front missing. Shown at 8:26 ). Loved the flight and the crew were amazing. Cannot fault SQ for such a cool intra-EU 5th freedom flight
SQ have often done fifth freedom flights but this is the first one in Europe I’ve managed to take. Loved it!
I think you have really summed up Singapore Airlines perfectly there - thoughtful touches.
"Look at this view this is why we come flyin...wow:)"
Excellent stuff, Paul - must be so good to get on some international flights again!
Top take off sound!!
I’m from Singapore 🇸🇬
This video is rather educational with regards to travelling during this pandemic 😷
Re mouthwash there are small paper cups underneath the mirror cabinet you use with it.
SQ and Changi are the best one can experience when flying. What sets SQ apart is consistency and their new Biz product is equal or better than many 1st class products. My sample of it was on 787-10 SIN-MNL in DEC 2018.
Great to see you up in the air again and a little further afield. 5th freedom flights are often interesting to us AVGeeks for sure. As someone whose recently gone deaf I appreciate the added subtitles you've been adding. Not exactly mastered the art of lip reading yet tbh but in these days of masks it does make life a lot more difficult as it muffles everyone's voices and makes it harder for the hearing aids to do their thing.
Singapore is class. I haven't flown them for a long time though. They are very expensive Australia to Europe in business. The A350 seems very quiet. I've been on the 787 and it was good, but seemed louder.
Nice video 👍
That Porridge!!! Perfectly cooked.
Agree!
Hi Paul,
we met on that flight and had a nice chat in the bus. I did made my connection and i hope you yours too. Hope you are well and all went as you planned. Great vid as always and CHEERS KEEP ON FLYING !!
Ah thank you for posting! Glad you made your connection in Rome and hope you enjoyed the ride 😃
We’re flying back from Gran Canaria on October 18th on the 787. My son is an aviation geek like me, he took to TH-cam to review tui 787, I heard your voice and I shouts “ that sounds like wingin it Paul and he goes “how do you bloody know?”😃
Amazing views! Love seat in toilet *great for makeup bag at end of flight.
Thanks for profiling my national carrier! Good to see footage from Europe. Take care.
It looked very comfortable. Thank you for the video. Enjoy your weekend!
Yeah I flew Vienna-Rome(FCO) and was surprised that nothing was checked. But on the return leg had to get boarding card at check-in and was double checked before entering security checks! But flying VIE-LON days later had to get a paper boarding card at check-in!
Thank you for another great video, Paul!
Thanks to your review, I went ahead and booked this flight for the weekend - will be in 19A though, but looking forward to this experience!
13:36 There are small paper cups by the way above the sink that you can use for the mouth wash. As the paper cups are white in colour they do blend in the decor.
Fabulous as always
I agree with your comment on CX First - this was my regular ride until the flu started. Hopefully we will see you in HK again shortly when and if they ever allow visitors in again. I will have to rough BA First on my next trip back to London since there is no CX First on the A350s they are currently using to LHR.
Thanks Mate 👍
I really like the Copenhagen airport.
Very Nice, very expensive
Great video, hopefully more to come soon!
Missed you ever so much; I caught up on every one of your previous journeys (hello, trains across Australia!) during the earlier months of COVID and delighted that within the parameters of cautiousl;y optimistic border relaxations for travel, you are back at it. And, Paul, I do think you are looking quite trim, too! :-). PS. Trains -- don't forget the trains!
I love these take offs
My favourite business class. Always from SQ from NZ to Europe multiple times a year! Just get the bulkhead seat. More room.
Gracias por tu hermoso video.
Great vlog as always! I did not see you «High five» the airplane at the door. Looking forward to the next one!
Agreed Paul, can't wait to travel to Singapore Changi Airport whenever things open up in SE Asia. I travel to Bali frequently pre-covid and really want to stop in Singapore via Denpasar. I remember you mentioning in previous videos a dedicated episode from the airport. Living in western Canada I travel Vancouver usually via Taipei as I find deals on China Airlines or EVA. Love airports and aircraft almost as much as you, keep the videos coming. Cheers!
I think 5th freedom flight give many benefits for everyone. CMIIW, Singapore also operate 5th freedom flight from Manchester to Singapore via Frankfurt, I don't know this route still exist or not, but I think it's good to try.
Always highly entertaining viewing. Well done
Great to see your Vids back.
Thanks again for the great video
Love my porridge as well.
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Great video and content, Paul.
That is one fast lift @3:24
You think but the fisheye lens makes it look much faster than real life!
Excellent video as always Paul!😸
Good job 👍
SAS are or were running a Cargo fifth freedom flight using a Passenger A330 from Brussels to Birmingham I think it was for JLR parts and other car parts. So maybe it had some Passengers on. BHX was eerily quiet Covid normal flights for the day 4 to 6. Now we get about 30 or 40 possibly increasing. Emirates did return with a 777 Qatar haven't PIA suspended, AI idk, Turkish flew some of there 787's and A350's in but mostly Jet2, FR and TUI with Easyjet, Air Lingus who I think did send an A321-NEO at one point, Loganair and Blue Island. I hope it returns to normal so when I get back at like half six from College at around 7PM I can see the EK A380 flying over my area at about 4,000ft
I know the man who supplies the pods for people to make those annoying phone calls in, I’d love to get them into all lounges!
@13:40 there is a paper cup logo on the left of the mouth wash bottle to guide u where is the Little paper cup for the liquid ….
hey Paul love this video
Paul superb vlog !
Great video!! Singapore Airlines service is superior!! My flights with them was LAX HKG SFO!! Awesome.
Thank you Paul👍👍😄😄💚💚
The big airplane obviously seems very wide. I guess, luckily for plane-spotters it doesn't share the typical 777 tail APU. I wonder why!
Lovely mate ... Singapore Airlines quality improved I guess..
Nice 👍
Hi Paul, as always a most enjoyable, entertaining and informative trip report. I love the idea of finding odd flights (fifth freedom certainly fit the bill) to be able to fly an airline/class/route that is out of the ordinary.
One question: what is a “security proof plastic bag” as in your amenity kit? It sounds sort of James Bondish but it looks just like an ordinary zip-loc bag”.
Cheers!
It’s a closable see through plastic bag; you need to decant any liquids and creams into one to pass through security. 👍🏻
@@Paul_Lucas Thanks for the answer. Wow, and I thought we were overdoing it in the States allowing only tiny amounts of liquids in tiny containers!
Best in class, as always...
I miss airport lounges
Wow awesome bro very nice ❤️❤️❤️❤️
There used to be paper cups in the lav for mouthwash. Like there used to be real cloth mini-towels.
Great review! Just heard on the news that it might be easier for you to come to Singapore soon. Perhaps another review, this time it would be a non-stop flight? 😁
last in this lounge in 2019, has not changed that much.
Compared to the Swiss PLF, the Italian one is super complicated and long. I have no problem filling out the Swiss PLF on my phone in about a minute, but I spent something like half an hour trying to fill out the Italian one, especially that when I had to specify the list of countries I'd been to in one field of the form, that element blew up and became unmanageable on my phone.
Surely that's the only way to eat porridge! Especially with honey!!
If you’ve never had a breakfast lager, you’re definitely missing out!!
I thought this... if it's past 4am and your flight is before 7am then it's law to have a pint with a fry up 😄
Good morning.
WOW! love the livery on the SAS plane. Have you ever flown eutowings?
i love these seats on SQ business. I'm not too tall so i sleep in a slant position and it's perfect. I never quite liked the regional business class offerings on the A350 or even the A380.....not as spacious. SQ has the best service
The boarding seems really rough!
I guess that mirror you just showed us in business class is for vanity ladies. You know they always like to have a touch up on their make up before landing at their destination. Hahahaha....lol.
NOT A SINGLE WORD ABOUT CPH ( COPENHAGEN AIPORT ) ..I am VERY disapointed ..Why ? The Airporr is One of its Classes of its own ..Not only is it the Number One Airport when it comes to Services, check in and Security , it even won the high prestige of the best security Airport of the Year in 2019 in 2020 and 2021 . It is the highest technology Airport in the world as well , Not even US can afford this High Technology of Airports , and the now biggest Airport in nothern EU and Scandinavia, after Arlanda in sweden had close down terminals. , The Airport is of newest Modern Airports as well because of its entire interior where shops are kept in midlle and there is not far to each gate, from each of the 5 shopping squares that parts the 7 departure terminals. There is Pc hubs and Phone Chargers EVERYWHERE where you can get your own seat and recharge your mobile in no time , for absolutely free , and free SAFE HIGH QUALITY WIFI EVERYWHERE ! From each angle wherever you are, you have the view to the Gates and Aircrafts and Landing / take-offs , so that each passenger has the oportunity to this panoramic view ..no matter where you are in Airport . Quite unique ! From each Terminal there is not far to go to reach your Luggage area. and beccause you had to depart from the newest Terminal which is not even quite finished yet, due to the new Terminal Train, you had to walk a little . The Airport has also won high presige prices due to its very high comfort and pleaseant atmosphere with quality of Scandinavian Tradition of Furniture in absolutly high 1 class standard for ALL passengers to enjoy . And There is 2 different ways going to and from the Airport. You can either choose the Intercity Train Station, that will bring passengers into Copenhagen Central Station in 12 min and on to destinations to Aarhus, aalborg, and Southern Denmark and Northern Germany , Flensburg and Hamburg ALL direct from the Airport and Intercity Trains to Sweden across the Famous Bridge between Denmark and Sweden to Malmoe Central Station and to Gothenburg and Stockholm. You can also take the High Tech ( none Human Conductor only Digitalized ) Copenhagen Metro, which goes directly to the Civic Center and Business Center of Copenhagen. This is quite unique for an Airport ! Copenhagen is also the Main Hub for ALL Scandinavian Northern Middle Europe and Far East Air Traffick , Northern Europe ! And did you know that Copenhagen Airports has the Owner-Majority of 15 other Airports arround the globe.
There's the little cups in the lavatory for the mouthwash
Well spotted!
Great video!
Speaking of SAS, I heard them and Norwegian have ditched the mask mandate on planes now.
Finally!
I’m surprised the food was what it was on your flight. I used “ Book the Cook” and the food was great. Thanks for posting.
Copenhagen is a lovely airport, though we never had lounge access, it was huge compared to the tiny piece of Reykjavik (past passport contro…and a gift shopl) that we got stuffed into to fly back to New York (Iceland Air) they really need to not schedule 5 flights to the US and Canada departing around the same time in the afternoon… it was so crowded they let us scan our tickets and wait on the other side of the wall before the jet bridges. I’m sure it’s a nice airport on the “to Europe” side, but when we were there for the flight to Denmark it was after midnight and everything was closed.
A daft question, but is everything in those lounges free? Could you get unlimited food, drink , (Carlsberg?!) if you have the correct ticket? I’ve seen lots of your videos but you never say whether you need to pay for any of it.
Yes it’s all included 👍🏻
With your Derry links, have you looked into an Irish passport for cuttin about the EU? I’m a Belfast one and I’m picking one up. Also means they will sign you up to the EU digital vaccination scheme too.
I’ve got an Irish passport although I don’t use it for travel within the EU. It’s my diplomatic passport for dodgy places. 😊 (My vaccination was not done in Northern Ireland, so the digital vaccine stuff is moot - that only works for NI and Irish administered vaccines)
Great video as usual. Off topic but does anyone know what that fin on the engine cowling at 10:32 is for?
Interesting SQ fly CPH-ROM? I flew SQ CPH-SIN direct about 10 years ago, I guess this is a Covid routing due to the current lack of pax? :o/
Paul squirt themouth wash into a plastic beaker orcuppand
Then Problem solved?😊
You didn't review the bus seat facilities...
I miss flying SQ so much! Do you know when the Singapore government will be letting British citizens back in? Great report as always!
I’m not sure although I’d put money on it being next year I’m afraid. (Note that the restrictions aren’t defined by citizenship!)
@@Paul_Lucas Oh I never knew that! Well I'm fully vaccinated so just waiting for that day lol thanks for replying Paul.
Yeah more strictly the restrictions are about where you’re coming from and where you’ve been in the last X days. Hence, I can go to the USA this month (with the “travel ban” on place still) by simply going to Mexico for 14 days beforehand. This satisfies the current entry criteria for the United States.
AS A SINGAPOREAN! I WOULD SAY THAT ITS NOT THE BEST TIME TO FLY TO SINGAPORE AND SQ WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE TIME BEING AS THE NEW VARIANT HAS STRUCK BADLY AT THE MOMENT!
Somewhere in economy there's another youtuber complaining about not getting any water on this flight :)
Hey Paul, nice to see the reviews flowing in again! Question regarding inter-EU flights currently... for proving your vaccination status, did you make use of the EU digital certificate or just show your NHS vaccine status, which I gather is an acceptable substitute for British passport holders? If you don't mind me asking, anyway. Thanks!
19K???!!! That was my MOS in the Army!!!!! M-1 tank crewman........
Thanks for a fabulous video. What is the best fifth freedom flight in Europe?
This one!
A good, straight forward review - as always. I should very much like to know how you prove your Vaccination Status? We now have a couple of trips booked but - when vaccinated - have a simple cardboard (credit card sized) with handwritten details on it. What do you use now? Thanks.
I’m not sure where you’re from, but if you received your vaccine in England, you use the NHS app to prove your covid vaccine status for international travel. Your appointment card is not a proof of vaccination. Be mindful that not every country accepts this as proof of vaccination yet. Always take care to ensure you read the government’s travel advice for the country you’re travelling to.
@@Paul_Lucas Many thanks. I should have said UK. I'll load the app before travel.
great video paul was it a 1000 or 900 350
13:43 You are supposed to squirt some in a cup and mix with water.
No customary door touch for good luck Paul!?
I forgot 😬 too excited.
Hi Paul.
At approximately 8 :30 minutes into the video, just as you were passing the front of Economy, there was a door ( I guess for emergency exit). What I was concerned about was the lower left corner of the door seemed to be letting daylight into the plane.
Was that for real ?
Or hadn't the door been locked properly at that stage ?
Great video and a good price comparatively for the ticket
I think it's a bulb illuminating nothing in particular 👀 8:26
@@draycotewateris5056 thanks