Gwyneth Paltrow was in Singapore earlier this week for a photoshoot to launch British Airways’ new Airbus A380 service between London and Singapore.
Dressed in a floor-lengh teal dress by British designer Safiyaa and ‘sky-high’ heels by Jimmy Choo, Gwyneth Paltrow posed for a gravity-defying photo shoot on a British Airways Club World seat in the middle of the infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands.
Gwyneth Paltrow, said: “Singapore has always been a top destination on my wish list, so when British Airways approached me to help launch their impressive A380 to Singapore I couldn’t resist – it was a great opportunity, both fun and truly unique. The location for the shoot was stunning and I’m glad to finally have a photo of myself in the famous infinity pool. With my job I fly a lot, so it’s great that I can now travel to Singapore on British Airways superjumbo.”
“I’m a big fan of the local cuisine here, especially the chilli crab, and I’ve really enjoyed exploring the city and trying the amazing variety of food on offer. There’s still so much that I want to visit here and I look forward to returning!”
British Airways A380 has a total of 469/seats with 14 in First, 97 in Club World business class, 55 in World Traveller Plus premium economy class and 303 in World Traveller economy class.
The 14 First Class suites are on the main deck while Club World has 44 in main deck and 53 in the upper deck. The 55 World Traveller Plus seats are on the upper deck with side storage areas that run the length of the aircraft offering more storage space for those taking the Window seats. There are 199 World Traveller seats on the main deck and 104 on the upper deck.
All seats aboard the A380 come with in-seat power sockets and USB sockets to power your personal devices.
British Airways flies two times a day to London. From 29 October 2014, the airline will fly the A380 three times a week on BA11 from London to Singapore and BA12 from Singapore to London starting from S$1,380 on World Traveller economy class for travel between 29 October 2014 and 31 July 2015. This sale ends 14 November 2014.
BA11 departs London on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday while BA12 departs Singapore on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Flights on other days will be operated by a Boeing 747 or the Boeing 777-300ER as part of the BA15/16 Heathrow to Sydney route.
Later tonight, British Airways will celebrate the A380 launch with an exclusive event on the roof of Marina Bay Sands. Renowned perfumery brand Jo Malone London will be featured at the event and attendees expected include Antony Phillipson, the British High Commissioner to Singapore and leading British physicist Brian Cox.
The airline also collaborated with Projection Artworks to produce a 4D projection tracking the flight journey from London to Singapore to celebrate the launch of the A380 on the route in a one minute video. Intricate mapping and choreograph process that brought together dry ice and a 1:20 scale model of the plane was used to produce the video. Seven HD projectors were used to cover the background walls, floor and all sides of the aircraft with a D3 media server enabling the creative team to play with perspective and perceived depth.
