A380 9v-skc

[Robert S]

Anyone know when her first flight to Sydney was?

I flew aboard on the Sunday night 16/3 departure from Singapore and it seems it was only delivered during the preceeding week.

Damn awesome plane...was well worth the wait. Upper deck is very much the place to be... the seating config is better, window seat passengers get an ample shelf area providing elbow room and this in turn is just a lid for a large personal storage bin... you'll have no need to waste any kneeroom putting things in the seat pocket. In fact even with way too much of my own stuff in there, I still had room to put the blanket and pillow in there too.

The crew also seem to be able to complete cabin service far more efficiently so you find yourself able to get up and wander downstairs only to find it's mayhem down there. On the overnight flight it also means the cabin lights are off for longer.

My outbound flight to Singapore the previous Sunday (9V-SKB) appeared to have an upper deck heavy with enthusiasts... a large number of peope taking a million photos, with more DSLRs around than you would normally expect. There also seemed to be a fair few who, like me, where clicking away at their handset controller for the first hour of the flight, exploring the expansive new KrisWorld.

EDIT: Hmmm... new board doesn't seem to like me putting the subject line rego in ALLCAPS.