NZHerald: Inside the Airbus mega-plane: a first-person perspective - Chris Daniels
Inside the Airbus mega-plane: a first-person perspective - Chris Daniels
Singapore Airlines is only letting the world's media on board its new A380 in groups of ten. In the A380's 60 business class seats, Singapore Airlines has opted for big, wide and handsome seats, quite unlike anything Ive seen in other aircraft. There's a shiny panel in front of the passenger, with pop out shelves arrayed alongside the video screen. It's the best part of the plane by far - and I think if I was saving up to fly somewhere special, I'd go for the business class rather than the rose petals and champagne "sleeper cabin" experience.
Then we're down further into economy, that part of the plane that most of us will be traveling in when we first fly on the A380. And it's not too bad at all. The bulkheads and colour schemes break up the plane into manageable sections, so you never really get the feel of being in a massive plane. Once the plane is filled with people, I can't imagine it'll seem much different flying in economy than it does now in a Boeing 747.
Labels: Airbus380, Aircraft Industry
