Johnny Jet’s Trip Reports | Around The World on The A380

Posted on March 22, 2012

What’s it like to travel around-the-world on the A380 — the world’s largest commercial aircraft? Here are Johnny Jet’s trip reports from his recent trip:

Singapore Airlines A380 is now serving New York’s JFK Airport, and I was on the inaugural flight, which departed JFK, January 16th at 8:10 p.m. Singapore Airlines was the first carrier to operate the A380 when Airbus delivered it to them in October 2007. But it took them four years to bring it to the United States of America when they replaced their 747 Singapore-Tokyo-Los Angeles service last July. Now they just made the same replacement but this time on their Singapore-Frankfurt-New York route, making The Big Apple the tenth destination in Singapore Airlines’ network to receive the world’s largest commercial aircraft.

The daily A380 flight is the fifth A380 to serve the New York market (after Emirates, Air France, Lufthansa and Korean). What makes this plane so special is that it’s the first to have double suites – a private cabin equipped with a double bed for two passengers. I didn’t get to sit in the suites (it costs $28,000 round-trip for two) but I did get a quick preview. The 12 suites (two doubles) looked plush but I was more than content with my special invitation to try out their award-winning business class. In fact, I sat in one of those dreamlike seats all the way around the world. My itinerary was New York-Frankfurt-Singapore-Tokyo-Los Angeles and after I landed I was one of the first commercial passengers to go around the world on an A380 – how exciting is that? Here’s how each segment went:

New York-Frankfurt
http://www.johnnyjet.com/2012/01/around-the-world-on-singapore-airlines-a380-superjumbo-aircraft-2/

Frankfurt-Singapore
http://www.johnnyjet.com/2012/01/around-the-world-on-singapore-airlines-a380-superjumbo-aircraft-part-2/

Singapore-Tokyo
http://www.johnnyjet.com/2012/01/singapore-to-tokyo/

Tokyo-Los Angeles
http://www.johnnyjet.com/2012/01/tokyo-to-los-angeles/

 

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