TALES FROM THE TOP

I’ve been on Singapore Airline’s much celebrated A380 jet on a recent flight from Paris.

And apart from being a big jet, the A380 is just another jumbo jet. Nothing spectacular.

The only thing I was impressed about is the boarding process, despite the number of people, it didn’t feel like so when we boarded the flight.

Yesterday Air France took delivery of its first A380, making it the first European airline to do so.

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It’s first commercial flight is scheduled on November 20th between Paris and New York and  Air France director Pierre-Henri Gourgeon says the A380 would enable it to save money by running fewer flights on long-haul routes.

Great! Less choices for passengers.

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Three other airlines outside Europe have already taken delivery of the 330-million-dollar A380 — Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Australian carrier Qantas.

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