Comment / A new era of history at Heathrow airport began on Tuesday, with Singapore Airlines bringing the Airbus A380 to London on a commercial service for the very first time. With 470 passengers on board, 9V-SKB touched down on Heathrow's southern runway just before 3pm and was greeted with a water canon salute en route to a custom-built pier at Terminal 3... and a crowd of spectators!