Comments on: Flying the Emirates A380 in Coach (Part One)

By: CF

CF — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:42:44 +0000

Dagmara – Your best bet is to take a look at SeatGuru:
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Emirates_Airlines/Emirates_Airlines_Airbus_A380.php

By: Dagmara

Dagmara — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:03:27 +0000

Hello, great piece of work, this review! A great preview to what the experience will be like.
I will be flying Emirates A380 on 6 July from London Heathrow to Dubai, and then to the Maldives. Could you tell me which economy seats are the best to book, ie. are there emergency exit seats with lots of legroom? On the Emirates seating diagram I noticed some seats which were only 2 in a row, are these good seats? You wouldn’t remember the good seat numbers, by any chance, would you? :))

Thanks in advance for your help!

By: The Business Travel Guru

The Business Travel Guru — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:02:06 +0000

A great experience, I remember attending Singapore Airlines A380 media event, both Singapore Airlines & Emirates A380 are ground breaking.

By: Randall Shirley

Randall Shirley — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:55:26 +0000

Cool stuff.

PLEASE don’t encourage “paperless” airplanes. Some of us still love inflight (and other) magazines. There’s something about a gloss photo of a tropical beach that just never looks as sublime on an LED screen.

Not to mention the route maps, which I still pore over…hundreds of flights later.

By: Randall Shirley

Randall Shirley — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:54:44 +0000

Cool stuff.

By: Saturday Links #5 at Dan Webb

Saturday Links #5 at Dan Webb — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:29:32 +0000

[...] over at Cranky Flier got to fly in the Emirates A380. I’m jealous. Here’s part one and part two of his [...]

By: CF

CF — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:44:36 +0000

bryan – Probably not, but do they really need a shower onboard?

To be fair, this wasn’t primarily a media thing – they took a lot of travel professionals up as a perk. Considering they’re starting service to LA in just a couple months and they have a lot of seats to sell, it’s not a bad way to spend their money.

By: Anon Coward

Anon Coward — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:36:00 +0000

I love the tail cam… cabins need some perking up tho… you’d think with all that oil money they could afford some richer colors…

By: bryan SFO

bryan SFO — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:52:58 +0000

CF, I love the footage; watched every video. Thanks!

But, dude, I hate to be the eco-conscience nag, but did they REALLY need to take off and fly around for you guys to take pictures?????

By: CF

CF — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:42:47 +0000

Lucky – What Shashank says is my understanding as well, though there are actually TWO dedicated spa attendants. Unreal.

Shashank – I’ve never flown Singapore, so it’s hard to compare.

David SF – Good memory. I am only 5’8″ so I’m not tall, but my perception was that it was fairly close to what you get on JetBlue (in the back, not up front). When they get rid of all the paper in the seatback pocket, that will make it even roomier.

Optimist – I definitely think there’s a “new” kind of smell to newer planes, but that’s not like a new car thing. Maybe it’s just not dirty.