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The Best First Class Meals for When You Fly

Filed under: Dining, Wings


There are many people in the world who fly frequently and as such are often subject to airline food, despite it's nasty reputation of being nothing but reheated cardboard. Some airlines, however, are seeking to change that in a major way for their first class passengers -- even to the extent for some of having a chef on board (Gulf Airlines) and serving exotic gourmet dishes.

Among others Singapore Airlines offers a choice of Dom Perignon or Krug champagne, several airlines serve caviar as appetizer, and Malaysia Airlines serves their meals on fine china. Would you (or do you) choose your airline based on the first class meal options?

Keep your Hands To Yourself On the Airbus A380

Filed under: Wings


It would seem that the Airbus A380 doubledecker jumbo jet, with its 12 first-class cabins with double beds would be built for romantic activity but Singapore Airlines, the first operator of the new Airbus A380, is intent on banning the nookie. Reuters reports that the carrier will ask passengers to refrain from doing what might come naturally in this romantic setting. The cabins are not sound proofed and as you can see in the picture above, they are not completely sealed off. The airline does not want to cause offense to other customers or the crew. Considering how many people join the mile-high club under far less comfortable conditions, I wonder how big a deterrent a simple request is going to be. I suspect that as long as the participants are quiet and discreet, there will still be quite a bit of action taking place in those first-class suites.

Airbus A380 Luxury Plane Tickets Sell for $100,000

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You've been reading about it, you've been hearing about it, and now it's finally happened: those two tickets up for auction for a luxury suite (plus all kinds of other goodies) on the maiden voyage of the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 have finally sold -- for $100,000. That sounds like a lot of money to pay for a flight from Singapore to Sydney, but of course it's on an Airbus, it includes a lot of other perks, and that's actually a lot less than what the airline was hoping to get for charity (the "Buy it now" was $380,000). What a bargain!

Singapore Airlines A380 Tickets Up For Bid

Filed under: Wings, Auctions, Charity


As I mentioned in July, Singapore Airlines, the first commercial airline to take delivery of the Airbus A380 jumbo jet, is auctioning off seats on their first flight for charity. Tickets on the first flight, between Singapore and Sydney on October 25, are now available on eBay. There are a variety of packages available but the most luxurious is a package to fly in the Singapore Airlines Suites. The package includes two first class round trip tickets to Singapore, BMW 7 Series limousine transfers, an invite to the breakfast send-off party of the world's first A380 commercial flight, commemorative premium goodie bags, two nights' complimentary accommodation in Singapore, one night complimentary accommodation in Sydney, a trip to Toulouse, France, on October 15 for the delivery of the plane, and a model of the plane. The buy-it-now price is $380,000.

[via The Telegraph]

Singapore Airlines To Auction Off Seats On The A380

Filed under: Wings, Auctions, Charity


As I've mentioned in the past, Singapore Airlines is the first commercial airline to get their hands on an Airbus A380. They have now announced that they will be auctioning off seats on the first commercial flight of the A380 between Singapore and Sydney. Tickets for the first flight of this doubledecker jet will be offered on eBay, with the proceeds going to Singapore's Community Chest, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwich, The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Doctors Without Borders. Exxon Mobil Aviation will donate the fuel for the flight.


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