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Tag: A380

  • Flight review – SQ25 Frankfurt to Singapore

    Singapore Airlines Gate: B46 Seat: 3A (First Window) Plane: A380-800 Boarded: 11.49 Pushback: 12.25 Departed: 12.36 (Scheduled 12.30) Arrived: 06.43 (Scheduled 06.50) Duration: 12 hour 7 minutes Distance: 10,281 kms This was the second leg of three flights (with two different airplanes) to get back home to Melbourne, Australia. The previous flight was New York…

  • Flight Review – SQ25 New York to Frankfurt

    Singapore Airlines Gate: 7A Seat: 3A (First Window) Plane: A380-800 Boarded: 20.15 Pushback: 20.54 Departed: 21.31 (Scheduled 20.55) Arrived: 10.14 (Scheduled 10.40) Duration: 7 hour 20 minutes Distance: 6,206 kms This was the first leg of three flights (2 different airplanes) to get back home to Melbourne, Australia. This flight provided a 1 hour 50…

  • Flight Review – QF007 Sydney to Dallas

    Qantas Gate: 8 Seat: 12E (Business Middle Aisle Upper Deck) Plane: A380-800 Boarded: 19.14 Pushback: 19.53 Departed: 20.01 (Scheduled 12.35 SYD) Arrived: 19.42 (Scheduled 13.00 DFW) Duration: 14 hour 49 minutes Distance: 13,804 kms This was the second leg of three flights to get to Bogotá, Colombia. The first flight was a domestic flight Melbourne…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 2 Singapore to Dubai to Nairobi, Kenya

    Wednesday 23 November 2017. Highlights: Mercedes Benz transfer, Emirates A380 First Class Bed, Dom Pérignon I was only at the Singapore Airport for just under 2 hours most of which I spend in the Emirates First-Business Class Lounge (review here). Emirates flight EK405 boarded late around 01.38 when we were supposed to depart at 01.20.…

  • Flight Review – EK405 Singapore to Dubai

    Singapore to Dubai Airline: Emirates Plane: Airbus 380-800 Gate: C26 Seat: 2K (First Class Suite window) Boarded: 01:38 Departed: 02:03 (Scheduled 01:20) Arrived: 04.53 (Scheduled 04:50) Duration: 7 hours 50 minutes

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 1 Melbourne to Singapore

    Highlights: Chauffeur Pickup, Qantas First Class Lounge, Emirates A380 First Class, Showering at 40,000 feet, Chatting in A380 Bar, Dom Pérignon, Emirates Bed The first day of my Africa trip was finally here 4.5 years after I started planning my 2014 trip I was finally going back to Africa to experience all these new countries…

  • One Month to Go – The First Class Travel Experience

    I’m now one month out from what I hope will be an amazing experience in Africa. My Africa trip was originally planned for 2014 but had to be cancelled which might be for the best as I’m now going to have my first ever First Class travelling experience and it’s on one of the best…