Well, we had a three hour lay-over in London, just enough time to enjoy breakfast of fresh fruits, croissants,
chocolate croissants etc in the BA/Qantas combined club lounge. We really enjoyed freshening up by having
lengthy showers and then having a couple of cappucinos before boarding our Qantas A380 flight to Sydney. We have all been waiting for the day to fly in an A380 so we are quite excited about our pending flight!
First impressions of the A380 is that it is BIG! I think because there is a lot of room to the ceiling that
it creates a feeling of being plenty of space in this aircraft. I found the seats are better than other economy seats no matter whether it may be Qantas, Singapore etc. There is a fair amount of legroom and it certainly helps to have the foot rest. The incline of the seat is also much better than other economy seats - it was easier to fall off to sleep (and this leg we only had one seat each!). On-board food was just fab - we were given plenty of meals and snacks and they seemed better than other economy airline food. Also, they have a "snack area" at the rear of the plane and you can help yourself to drinks and snack food at any time during your flight. I found the A380 flight to be much better than other economy flights and would definitely try to fly on an A380 rather than a 747 or any of the other airbuses.
We had a quick stop-over in Singapore - just under an hour and just enough time to once again visit the Qantas Club. Back on-board for the final leg of the A380 flight into Sydney. Can't believe how quiet this
aircraft is especially on descent (almost feels like you are gliding!).
Another wee sleep between Singapore and Sydney and we were amazed that we were not over-tired. I guess that will come over the next days! Upon arriving in Sydney, Jonathan was invited by one of the Qantas crew to join the Captain and First Officer up on the Flight Deck. He jumped at the chance - he has been on many
flight decks on other aircraft but never thought he would see inside the flight deck on the A380! Luckily,
they took pity on Nick and myself and they allowed us to view Jonathan in the captain seat and to take some
photos. The flight deck was amazing - so many dials for the pilots to view! We also saw the captains'
sleeping quarters and where they had their meals etc - what luxury!
A slight mishap with one of our bags upon arrival which we reported to Qantas baggage services and then we
took the hotel shuttle bus to the Ibis Airport Hotel and settled down quickly for 10 hours sleep.
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