ticky2002 said:
I was just reading about someone elses thread
Korean Air and made me think to do one.
In July I'm flying with my brother on the Singapore Airlines A380 (Airbus) to England and was just wondering
if anyone has been on it and how good it is... it looks pretty good from what I've seen, but first hand experience is always better.
Anyone?
I went on the A380 twice in January Syd-->Singapore and Singapore-->Syd and pretty much what people are saying about the spaciousness, noise etc is true. On my holiday I went on 4 airlines including singapore, and the A380 was definately the best. It was really quiet, the seats were slightly wider than normal and there was more leg room. The entertainment system was awesome (my brother says its similar to the ent system on virgin pacific flights from syd-->hong kong but with a bigger screen if youve just so happened to been on that
). Like any other singapore airlines flight the service was great - make sure you get some free singapore slings.
When I flew I was on the bottom deck, because when we booked our tickets, the A380 hadnt started flying yet so we were booked on another flight, and then when they changed it to the A380 all the economy tickets they had already sold were automatically put on the bottom deck. But like breaking said, what difference does an extra level make when your thousands of meters of the ground?
The most annoying thing about the flight was waiting in the the departure lounge in sydney before the flight. Even though they devoted two departure lounges to the one flight, there still wasnt nearly enough room. Coming back from singapore it was fine because their departure lounges are massive. Also waiting for luggage after arrive in Sydney took ages (like about an hour) considering how many people were on the flight + the shittiness of the Syd airport. I'm not sure what it would've been like in Singapore, coz we had a connecting flight, so didnt have to collect our baggage.
