After an incredible trip abroad in Vietnam and Singapore, it was time for Qantas to take me home back to Melbourne(MEL/YMML)from Singapore Changi Airport (SIN/WSSS). My flight number QF36 was operated by the Airbus A380-842 aircraft which made me extremely excited, as the A380 offers a smoother and quiet ride, not to mention a rarity as it is the pretty much the sole latest aircraft to have four engines, as many airlines are retiring or have retired the Boeing 747-400 ER and Airbus A340 . Only a handful of airlines (not in Australia) operate the new Boeing 747-8i . The name of my plane was Hudson Fysh registered VH-OQB, the second A380 delivered to Qantas in 2008 and recently be repainted in the new Qantas “silver roo” livery.
Boarding back around just after 7pm, my seat was 85A , (right at the back of the aircraft and a window seat which is my number 1 seat preference). Waiting for me on my seat was headsets, a nice pillow and blanket. I like the fact the seats were able to recline quite a bit back , considering it was economy. The TV screen was pretty sizeable and high quality, and the movie selection was respectable!. We pushed back around 5 minutes to 8pm , on time.
There were 3 meals served during the flight dinner, fruit halfway through the flight and breakfast under 2 hours before landing. Dinner was served around 2 hours into the flight, which there were three choices. I ordered the salad of roast chicken with quinoa, raisin, cherry tomatoes and citrus dressing but didn’t feel too hungry. There was nice mood lighting in the cabin changing into beautiful colours. I watched around 3 movies., all action, which I enjoy the most and I find passes time quickly!.
As it was a mainly night time flight, there wasn’t much to see outside, but entering Australia through the top of Western Australia , there was some storm activity which meant we did have to climb a bit to avoid them but was incredibly awesome to witness flying above them!. For the most part, the flight was smooth, and the A380 handled turbulence well. Halfway through the flight fruit was offered, but I declined. Finally, closer to Melbourne, breakfast was served (which I ate) and the mood lighting lightened to signal breakfast, which was a seasonal fruit salad with an apple cinnamon muffin and the choice of apple, orange juice, Dilma tea and Grinders coffee.
After 6 hours and 57 minutes of flying, my flight came to an end. There was a live camera located on the tail showing the aircraft landing which is definitely very impressive!. All in all I throughly enjoyed my experience flying on the A380 and appreciated the relative leg room on offer and the seating ergonomically designed the most.
Rating 3.5/5 stars
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