How do you get on the Q 380?

[RobJ]

For my first try at Premium Economy I wanted to use the 380 and booked flights that use it only - so they said. In four segments of travel, only one was on a 380. Premium in a 380 is a truly great product but on a 747 it's much inferior and especially there are no toilets.

 

[trooper]

No sarcasm intended.. but to GUARANTEE a certain aircraft type it has to be a route never flown by anything else.... (like SQ's SIN-EWR).. OR.. you have to wait until the new aircraft type has "taken over" completely.

Qf (and in fact all airlines) sell a class of travel.. not a particular aircraft.

Many of us have been bitten I guess... mine was a delayed flight into NRT which led to UA proactively and efficiently rebooking me on to the IAD flight from the SFO one.. because from there I would reach my actual destination ASAP...

Meant of course I got the (old C) 777 instead of the (new C) 747 I'd been aiming at....

What can ya do? It WAS still "C"!

 

[Sprucegoose]

For my first try at Premium Economy I wanted to use the 380 and booked flights that use it only - so they said. In four segments of travel, only one was on a 380. Premium in a 380 is a truly great product but on a 747 it's much inferior and especially there are no toilets.

Who made the claims that you would be on the A380 Rob? Airlines do reserve the right to change equipment to suit operations.

In what respect do you think the 380 is superior to the 747 in Prem Y?

I think the health onboard an A380 is superior as it is pressured to say 5000ft and hence has greater humidity onboard, better for travel health

cheers

SPRUCE

 

[dede]

No toilets?

Better cross your legs!

 

[taswegian77]

No toilets?

Better cross your legs!

Why do people think each cabin class should have their own toilets. The toilets on the 744 are just on the other side of the curtain. If they allowed PE customers to use the forward J toilets it would also mean they would have access to the J in flight bar, which might not be such a bad idea i Gues as then the FA's have less to do maybe???

 

[jb747]

For my first try at Premium Economy I wanted to use the 380 and booked flights that use it only - so they said. In four segments of travel, only one was on a 380.

Which flights were they? At this stage the only route that is 380 only is the QF11/12. All of the others (31/32, 9/10, 93/94) vary. Any replacements on planned flights will almost certainly be with 747s, as there is no spare 380 capacity.

All of the current routes should be daily once the next four aircraft are delivered...around Jan/Feb 2011.

 

[jb747]

I think the health onboard an A380 is superior as it is pressured to say 5000ft and hence has greater humidity onboard, better for travel health.

Not correct on either point. The A380 pressurises to marginally lower than the 747, but as the difference is only around .3 psi, there's no practical difference. Plus, they tend to go higher earlier, so your average cabin altitude is just as likely to be higher than the 747.

And there is pretty well zero humidity....

 

[NM]

The cabin altitude and higher humidity are being promoted by Boeing and Airbus as enhancements for the 787 and A350. The humidity can be increased due to the use of composites in the construction, reducing the impact of humidity on corrosion. At least that is what the marketing material says

 

[jb747]

The cabin altitude and higher humidity are being promoted by Boeing and Airbus as enhancements for the 787 and A350. The humidity can be increased due to the use of composites in the construction, reducing the impact of humidity on corrosion. At least that is what the marketing material says

Both of which are vapourware right now anyway.

Funnily enough, I'd like less of a pressure differential.

As for humidity...I don't know that I can see them actively increasing it. We've all seen the effects...not on the aircraft, but on the passengers who are unlucky enough to be under an aircon vent when a mass of condensation makes its escape. Humidifiers did exist in the coughpits, but they were mostly removed quite a while back. More trouble than they were worth.