[CindyDawg]

How long do yall think it will be before they put the 400 seats back in and serve peanuts?

[Gay State Conservative]

I wonder what it costs to carry one passenger one mile on that aircraft at different configurations.With the price of jet fuel I wonder if they have to put in 800 coach seats to break even on a flight.

[Travis McGee]

AvPing

[Dumpster Baby]

When I read about these super jumbo jets I always think "cleanup on aisle four...".

[Rembrandt]

Just imagine the magnitude of the disaster when the first 380 crashes and one will crash, probably within 5 years. Accidents are how the A/L industry learns what the safety profile of an airframe actually is.

[goldstategop]

People used to tell Super Guppy jokes about the A380. When they're on a long haul flight, the sheer roominess of the plane will make them appreciate it instead.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Kirkwood]

7.5 hour flight to Sydney plus 2 hours to board, 1.5 hours to deplane, 2.5 hours waiting to take off, and another hour waiting for a gate to open in Sydney. Add in 3 more hours getting through customs and immigration. Makes for a long day.

[Reeses]

Bad timing. The cheap US Dollar right now compared to the Euro makes Boeing aircraft dirt cheap. Aircraft sales contracts are usually written in dollars so Airbus is going to go broke selling each airplane at a loss. If their sales volume picks up Airbus will just die faster and more tired.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight," Captain Robert Ting told passengers as flight attendants handed out hot towels and cameras clicked.

Singapore Airlines does do the hot towels right, even in coach. Real towels, nice and hot - excellent after waking up.

[SunkenCiv]

left Singapore... was to land in Sydney almost 7.5 hours later.

7 1/2 hours from Singapore to Sydney? For real?

Anyway, if they could get that kind of money for every seat all the time, they could just about make back the development costs for this plane.

[N. Theknow]

Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight," Captain Robert Ting told passengers as flight attendants handed out hot towels and cameras clicked.

There's some Ting in the air.