Flight SQ380, the first ever commercial flight of Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A380 landed today at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport. All of its passengers are in agreement: the amount they paid for were well worth it, and that the superjumbo was surprisingly quiet.<\/p>\n

Some trivia about the first passengers of the maiden flight:<\/p>\n

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• The youngest customer is a 10 month-old boy from Singapore<\/li>\n
• The oldest is a 91 year-old man, also from Singapore, travelling with his family. His son bought the Singapore Airlines Suites ticket for him in the charity auction;<\/li>\n
• Mr Julian Hayward bought the first Suite on the flight, paying US$100,380 for him and a friend to travel from Singapore to Sydney;<\/li>\n
• Among passengers is Mr Thomas Lee, from California, who was a passenger on the world\u2019s first Boeing 747 commercial flight between New York and London in 1970.<\/li>\n
• Also travelling is Ms Isabelle Chu, a travel agent from Perth, who is flying in both directions on the A380. Ms Chu flew in both directions on the first Singapore Airlines A340-500 flights between Singapore and Los Angeles, and Singapore and New York, non-stop in 2004, with just time for shower between flights. This time, she will enjoy an overnight stopover in Sydney.<\/li>\n
• The passengers represent 35 different nationalities, with the largest group being Australians (28%), then Singaporeans (14%), then Britons (11%) and Americans (8%). Those who have come furthest for the first flight are 4 Norwegians.<\/li>\n
• The most common first name of passengers is David, with 11.<\/li>\n
• The ratio of male to female passengers on board is 7:3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Source: Singapore Airlines Website<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

  The A380 goes into regular service on the 29th of October between Singapore and Sydney. Flight 221 leaves Singapore at 8:30 in the evening, arriving in Sydney at 7 am the following day. SQ232 from Sydney to Singapore leaves Kingsford Smith Airport at 12:45 pm, touching down in Changi Airport at 5:40 in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

  Head on to the Singapore Airlines A380<\/a> website for a virtual tour of the A380’s interiors. The Sydney Morning Herald has pictures<\/a> and videos<\/a> of this momentous event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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