Personally love the A380, can’t wait! (first reply!)

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BA new business class even is more luxurious than its First class which is an odd situation to have . They must create a new first class

One is a private company the other two are arms of petrostates.

@@aidankerr1125 yeah britain has never done anything unethical to get their money at all

Indeed British Airways is quite famously one of the biggest beneficiaries of the empire@@jealouseggs5619

@@aidankerr1125compare it to the product on Singapore Airlines, a country with 0 natural resources

Are you going to pay it though?... thats the question....

@@magic01273 no way no how!! We will be poised 24hrs before the flight to get the best of what’s left 😄

Don’t pay it?! You are likely to get a good seat if you check-in early enough on the day, both your bags and at the gate.

Ive just booked an American airmiles long range business class trip 1 BA 4 American flights. BA want between £95- £111 for me to select my seat. American all free (and booked). Screw that. I'll just see what i can get when i check in at T-24hrs.

You're right I guess😂

Not my experience.

Best econo rde Ive ever had is A380 upper deck and even the lower deck is good as well. Beat the B787 easily but have to admit I haven't been on an A350 yet.

flew LAX to London on maybe this exact plane in Dec. 2019. Economy in this plane is awful. Most uncomfortable transcon flight Ive ever taken. Not sure what plane your flying on.

@@barryfletcher7136 not mine either

Dreams do come true! ✈️

Hopefully one day 🙌🏼 Thank you for watching!

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@@danielreinhart2790 okay we get it but no need to correct him he is fine

Nice to see you here Baz ✈️😁

I'm looking at flying London to Johannesburg on Emirates or British Air. Which would you choose?

@@terrila721 I haven’t flown Emirates business class, I’ve only heard good things about it though!

Yup - I had to pay $350 round-trip ($175 each leg) just for seat selection fees in my BA A380 Club World seats from Chicago to London. I booked early, so I managed to snag seat 53k both ways, which is one of the 4 bulkhead window seats on the upper deck with direct aisle access - 53 a/k, 59 a/k, 15 a/k (lower deck) all share this setup. Having that seat made all the difference, as I felt like I had my own private suite once the dividers went up, and I had direct aisle access. The only downsides were that the storage bins on the window were dirty inside, and were hard to open - clearly, the aircraft had been in service a long time, and seen better days. I didn't eat on the eastbound leg, as it was a red-eye flight (21:15 - 11:00) and wanted to maximize my sleep overnight. I got almost 6 hours of sleep and ate in the arrivals lounge after retrieving my baggage. On the way back, I did stay up for most of the flight, as it was an early evening flight was delayed by a few hours (19:00 - 22:00, originally 15:35 - 18:00). Food was delicious on the westbound, including both the evening meal and the pre-landing "snack". Due to the 3.5 hour delay, I ended up having a large meal in the lounge at 13:30, but was hungry enough for dinner when it was served at 20:30. I couldn't decide between two of the appetizers for the main meal, and the flight attendant ended up serving me both of them!

Yesss so glad you got to take it on this exciting short haul! 🙌🏼

Thank you so much, Kat!! 🥺❤️

That is exactly what it feels like as you gain speed down the runway then..... you're airborne, no straining engines like a 747 just whoosh . Flown upper economy on two occasions paying extra for the window seats with my wife and it was well worth it.

Thank you so much for watching, William! 🙌🏼

While i prefer the newer cabins, i dont mind the older ones. I still like them because it gives me a nostalgic taste

Gemini Jets!! 😍

Emirates business class seating and service excellent..

@@daphnethurlow5388 On the A380. But a majority of their fleet are 777’s with one of the worst Business class products in the skies.

i flew an etihad a380 in 2018 it was the best plane i ever flew you feel like your home is in the sky hope you can fly it someday

Glad you enjoyed 😍 hopefully one day you will get a ride someday!

@@abdirisaq03 cheers!

Omg, thank you 🥺

Thank you for watching 🙌🏼

Singapore Airlines A380s are back too, ont the LHR->SIN route of course.

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Thank you 😍

It certainly does, yes. Hailed as "revolutionary" when it first came out. Hailed as "wtf?" these days, though....

Go to Frankfurt - you’ll see plenty of them :D

True but I miss seeing them at my home airport and just generally seeing them more

@@itsdelex4902 Of course, I'd love to still see more airlines use them :(

Id rather have Concorde tho

Savoring every minute of it!

Congrats! Enjoy!! 😍

If you can find me any accidents that are attributable to the pilot screwing up flying with a hand with less dexterity it might strengthen your argument; there’s thousands of Airbus aircraft landing every day with captains flying with their non dominant hand. It’s simply not a problem whatsoever. You don’t fly with two hands on the control column in GA aircraft so almost every single pilot who has learned to fly in light aircraft has learned to fly with their left hand.

@@nickcockayne7880 I don't care about statistics ... and even if I would care ... I don't have access at them. My comment it's based on common sense.

@@nickcockayne7880 P.S.: You know ... with some training ... a person without hands (following an accident ... or a disease) ... can learn to play piano - with his/her toes. That doesn't mean to force our kids to play piano that way ... because it's possible. And ... BTW ... learning a piano song ... means to learn 2 songs ... for each hand ... and ALWAYS ... there is a complexe part - for the dominant hand ... and an easy part ... for the dumb hand. After that first phase ... there is the final phase ... to learn to play both parts TOGETHER. 😏

What a moronic comment lmao. Even with a yoke, a captain has to fly with their left hand because their right hand is on the throttles so the sidestick makes zero difference. The fact you think that Airbus hasn't thought through the controls for their multi-million dollar airliners is hilarious 😂

Amazing! 😍 Its such an amazing experience for all of us AvGeeks!

Yep. The takeoff is super smooth, I took it in 2017 and when the plane took off I did not know it took off it was so smooth!

To be honest, snooty FAs and stodgy food is far from being a BA thing. US Airlines are FAR worse in my experience. I may not refer to their FAs as "snooty" (that might be more of a label suited to the British) but I would say they can frequently be bad - and generally worse than BAs in my experience.

Virgin never had A380s but used A340-600s instead and they weren"t bad either. They also had 747-400s. If you want to fly the 747, fly Lufthansa or Korean Airlines. Add to this some charter flight like those with Air Atlanta Icelandic (they have, between others at least two former Air France 747-428s).

Captain Raps of LH did two videos flying into and out of SFO. The flight in was the first flight of LH A380 into SFO. Even had the water cannon salute! See it here on KZfaq.

That must have been 4 x on China Southern

@@renebuts7709 No, all of them were on Air France between Dubai and Paris.

How awkward and uncomfortable! Definitely not something you should have to do in Business Class

Since the 24th, all Madrid flights have been switched back to A320f

@@danieltoth-nagy5097 Oh. That's a bit annoying. I was told when I booked it that my outbound wound be on a 380. That is very annoying.