First commercial Airbus A380 flight
October 24th, 2007 by Tim Uden
Today a Singapore Airlines Airlines A380 made its inaugural Singapore-Sydney flight, which is the first ever commercial flight for the Airbus A380. Previously the Airbus A380 had only made test flights and demonstration flights at airshows and for the media. Most tickets for this flight were sold on eBay, raising SGD$1.9 million (AUD$1.45m, EUR€.91m , GBP£.64m, USD$1.3m) for charity.
Singapore Airlines will begin regular Singapore-Sydney flights using the A380 from 28 October and early next year they plan on introducing the A380 to the Singapore-London route.
Singapore Airlines fly in a three-class configuration so this aircraft seating 471 passengers. Singapore Airlines have also introduced another first on this flight with suites where you get your own private room complete with separate chair and bed. Needless to say, this is definitely beyond the average backpackers’ budget.
The next airlines to introduce the Airbus A380 will be Qantas, Emirates and Air France.
This super-jumbo can hold up to 853 passengers in a full economy configuration and it could become a very popular aircraft for airlines that want to transport large numbers of passengers on busy long-haul routes such as the main trans-Atlantic, trans-Pacific and Europe-Asia-Australia routes.
In the coming years it is likely that Airbus A380 will be an integral part of the backpackers’ travel experience.
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October 25th, 2007 at 2:25 am
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