QF A380 flights on sale now...

[Montague S]

can anyone get in what, Mahoney?

[Lukas M]

ha, get into qantas.com, or is it my browser?

[Rhys Xanthis]

Originally Posted by Sarah C

The plan to LAX has been around for years, V Australia entering has nothing to do with it. Putting the aircraft on the airlines most popular route makes sense and that was the plan since they bought the aircraft.

good point.

It is their biggest source of revenue. More along the lines of what i was thinking that they will face some more competition in coming times on the route with open skies agreement, so perhaps some more A380's will go there rather than LHR.

[Philip Argy]

http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying...ff:edm:jun08:2

The pics show the first a/c as VH-OQA [c/n 014], which is consistent with the a/c we have seen in Hamburg. Will "QA" be added to the tail top like the rest of the fleet?

I guess we'll have to reserve judgement until we see it in the flesh, but from what I can see from the animation, it will be hard for first class window seat passengers to actually see out the window, and the setup doesn't seem to hold a candle to what SQ has achieved. Also, the J class seat doesn't appear to be an order of magnitude better than the current Skybed, although any enhancement has to be an improvement.

On the plus side, the laptop power and USB/Ethernet connectivity arrangements seem excellent.

[Rhys Xanthis]

Interesting how they have chosen to have no Y on the upper deck!

All J and PY. Bottom deck first and Y.

EDIT: I love how the seats in the demo (Y) are red lol!

EDIT2: Poor to have First Class screens at only 17inches, yet Y are at 10.6in. I am sure SQ's are much bigger in first?

EDIT3: I didnt know they had an onboard business lounge...

[Montague S]

so QF is currently offering 380 pound return flights from London to Sydney for March/April 2009 which equals about $800 AUD...its available for the first 380 passengers, amazingly they've offered NOTHING to their Australian customers.

[Philip Argy]

Possibly because there are no other units of currency 380 of which would have sufficient value!

[Montague S]

Originally Posted by Philip Argy

Possibly because there are no other units of currency 380 of which would have sufficient value!

could always offer 380 seats for $800...

[Rhys Xanthis]

i just wonder if domestic legs ie MEL-SYD can be booked, considering monday departure form mel and friday from syd to LAX.

i havent found anything with schedule yet..

[Ben O]

EDIT: I love how the seats in the demo (Y) are red lol!

Whats your point?

The seats are also red in the actual A380.

Only 1 Y zone is green.