One of two Singapore Airlines A380s in special livery – Photo: Singapore Airlines
NOTE: The contest has now ended. If you didn’t win, but still want of these sweet models — you can still buy one direct. Thanks for participating and wait for our next one!
Luckily for us, many airlines have come up with special liveries over the years creating an extra sense of wonder when you spot one out in the wild.
Recently, Singapore Airlines unveiled a livery to celebrate the country’s 50th anniversary (SQ50) and we wanted to do a little celebrating with them and you. The airline was nice enough to offer two (very nice) models of the Airbus A380, wearing this livery. Read on to learn more and to possibly win!
The 1:200 model up for grabs – Image: Singapore Airlines
ABOUT THE SINGAPORE AIRLINES SQ50 AIRBUS A380 MODEL
According to the airline, this model is, “a limited edition replica of the Singapore Airlines SG50 livery aircraft. Made of hard ABS plastic with a perfect snap fit construction, this highly detailed superior graphics true-to-scale 1:200 A380 model comes with landing gears and a display stand.”
This model is legit and not small. It’s length is 14.3’ and the 15.7 ” wingspan is impressive.
If you do not end up winning and still want to get one… you can. They are $128 (plus a 10% discount going on right now) on the Singapore Airlines Kris Shop.
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-841 (reg: 9V-SKI) landing at Zurich – Photo: Aero Icarus | FlickrCC
ABOUT THE SINGAPORE SQ50 A380
There is no missing this livery, especially when it is on the giant A380. On both sides of the aircraft is a large Singaporean flag-themed design and the inboard engines have a SG50 logo. Making a design like this isn’t easy – here are some interesting facts about the design:
- The special decal used for the large flag portion was divided into about 50 panels for each plane
- The printing of the decal took about five days, on a 24/7 basis
- 12 rolls of decal materials were used, and each roll was about 4′ by 164′
- The amount of decal material used can cover 56 double-decker buses
- The decal application took about eight days
Close-up of the design of the SQ50 A380 – Photo: Singapore Airlines
SPECIAL FARES TO CELEBRATE SQ50
To further celebrate Singapore’s 50th Anniversary, Singapore Airlines is not only making fancy models, but letting you fly for pretty darn cheap. They are offering $850 Economy Class fares to Singapore from its four US gateways: New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), and Houston (IAH).
The special deal started on Singapore’s Golden Jubilee on August 9, 2015 and they must be booked by September 27, 2015 for travel between September 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016. Book your flight, learn more, and read the restrictions on their website.
The livery looks slick with a blue sky in the background – Photo: Lorenzo Giacobbo | FlickrCC
HOW TO WIN THE SQ50 MODEL
NOTE: The contest has now ended and comments are now closed. If you didn’t win, but still want of these sweet models — you can still buy one direct. Thanks for participating and wait for our next one!
Let’s get to the good stuff. You probably want one of those sweet SQ50 A380 models. Answer the question below in the comments and the person closest to the right answer will win.
What was the price of a cocktail, in economy, on Singapore Airlines during its launch year (in US dollars)?
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One guess per person. If you cheat, you are not eligible. At 5:00 pm PDT on Saturday, August 29, 2015, we will close the comments. The two people that are closest to the correct answer will win. If there ends up being more than one person with the right answer, we will randomly pick two winners.
GOOD LUCK!
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This is great
$1
Let’s take a stab in the dark and guess US$1.78?
Free?
$1.50
$1?
$0.75
I’ll take a wild guess and say 50 US cents.
Trick question – drinks were FREE in economy. Including takeoff glasses of champagne. (I was 15 at the time, and they never refused me).
I think it is on the order of 25 US cents.
Free
Cocktails were free I guess for Economy Class. I guess ._.
$0.00- Free
$0.00 (Free)
$0/free (that could get dangerous quickly)
45 cents
$1.25
They were free.
Free
0$-Free
0.35 cents
Free
It’s SQ…I think it’s gotta be $0…FREE!
Singapore airlines was the first airline in the world to offer free cocktails in economy class in the early 70s, so the answer is 0$
Free!
$.25
$0.00 USD for a cocktail
They were free.
$2.00
$0.00 (Free)
Free
Quarter
Free of charge: USD 0.00
No charge
$0.50
$0.00 (Free)
Cocktails were complimentary then. USD0.00.
Free! $0
Free, no charge. A perk for flying with Singapore.
I believe it would have been free.
$0.00 USD
$7.99
I would guess it’s free.
Free. SIA went against the regulations set by IATA by serving free drinks and amenities in economy class in the 1970s.
Singapore Airlines offered cocktails for free.
Uncreatively guessing free!
SQ offered free cocktails. $0.00!
$0.00
Free
no charge
Exactly $0.00
Cost $0,00
Absolutely nothing – Singapore Airlines subscribes to the theory that “once a passenger pays
for his or her ticket, there should be no more charges on the airplane”
$ 2.50
Cost $4.00 USA
was free for all the passengers
Free
Free.
Zilch, nada, nothing, free, as proven by section 1.3 of this document – http://mahdzan.com/papers/sia/singapore_airlines.pdf. If I win, would you send this to New Zealand?
Free Yipeeee…
I believe SQ did not charge for drinks in economy at that time.
As one of the best airlines it was free. This would be right after it’s split with Malaysian Airlines after Singapore became independent.
Gratis – FREE!
$0.00
Free!
US$00.00 Free.
Free
Question :
What was the price of a cocktail, in economy, on Singapore Airlines during its launch year (in US dollars)?
I’m gonna guess back then, it was figured into the price of the ticket anyway, and claim cocktails were “FREE” !!
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$0.00
I am going to go with free
Free!
$4.60
It was USD0.00. Thanks.
$0.000
50 Cents
I would guess that they were free.
Free
I’m going to go with $0.00.
Zero, nothing, free, 0.00$ !
I think if was free so $0.00.. But you were only allowed one free cocktail
Was just a twinkle in my parents eyes back then. But my Dad believes they may have been free.
Followed by a comment that “noting is ever free nowadays”
0.00 USD
It was free!!! $0.00 =)
US$ 0.00. Free
Free drinks! $0.00
$3,99
I think it was free and many have already mentioned it. So I am going with $0.01
Free! Nada. $0.00
Free
It would be free. In the “good old days” of flying weren’t the drinks free???
50 Cents US.
They were probably free.
Free
Trick question. They did not offered economy class in 1947!!
Very nice!
Free, I think they have always offered this.
Free. $0.00
Free!
Free!
FREE
FREE
It was free, that was the differnce with other airlines
If you go back to the origin of the airline in 1947 (thanks Wikipedia!) I doubt there were any cocktails served. But going with the 1972 date, I’ll go with free.
It was free in economy class!
FREE 😀
$.05
Free!
I’ll say $3.80
Free! $0 (USD)
FREE
They were free.
I guess $0.01 very nice model
$000.00USD
$0. Free!
$0.00 USD
0 USD. Free.
Free: $0USD
free!
FREE! $0.00 USD
I’m guessing free, since I think they still are.
$2,04. à‰ o meu palpite.
Freeeeeeeeee just like flying first class on SQ (according to a few blogs… Multiple credit card apps not included) smile
US$0.00
Free. $0.00 USD
Free
Free. No Charge. Zilch. Nada.
For Free.
$1.00
$.25
$0.00 USD
There were offered free of charge I believe, that is US$0.00.
$0.00. And for a while they ran a special – 2 for the price of 1!!
Free
5 USD
I’m going with free, 0.00USD
Zero $0.00
Free! $0.00
For free, that is $0.00
$100
0 $
Free
$0 – ie, free