I’m excited to be flying on a Thai Airways super jumbo Airbus a380. Since I had flown Thai Airways a few months earlier, domestically within Thailand, I’m expecting great things, although maybe I shouldn’t get too excited too quickly…. Read my Thai Airways Chiang Mai to Bangkok review here. Get up to date FreakyFlier posts…
Category: A380
QANTAS Airways, Dubai to London Airbus a380 – Business Class.
I’m seated in 11A when a man walks up to me and says “I think you’re in my seat”. He shows me his boarding pass, it is emblazoned FIRST CLASS and he is seated in 1A. I’m surprised he thinks this is first class and I wonder how he found his way to the upper…
Happy New Year! Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018!
Happy New Year! Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018! I spent a lot of time travelling in 2017 and I’ve just calculated it, I flew 97,707 kilometres. That’ just just over 2 times the circumference of our beautiful planet. Want more FreakyFlier delivered to your inbox? Sign up at the bottom of the page! I visited 24…
QANTAS Airways Sydney to Dubai Economy Class on the A380
‘This is my first time on a QANTAS Airbus A380 and I’m curious how it stacks up to the others I’ve flown on, Emirates, China Southern, Thai Airways and those I have visited, Etihad and Qatar Airways. Want more FreakyFlier delivered to your inbox? Sign up at the bottom of the page! I’m heading to Paris,…
Inspecting a Qatar Airways Airbus a380
Welcome aboard Qatar Airways Airbus a380 which will be travelling from Sydney to Doha. I’ll be seated in Economy Class, Business Class and First Class…. no I’m not flying anywhere, I’m just having a good old look around the airlines flagship aircraft. Want more FreakyFlier delivered to your inbox? Sign up at the bottom of…
Emirates, Auckland to Sydney Business Class
“Welcome on board this Emirates flight to Brisbane” Brisbane? Am I on the right plane? “Ladies and Gentlemen, please disregard the menu stating Auckland to Melbourne, we are in fact off to Sydney” Melbourne now? “Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Dubai” Either Dubai now has a harbour with replica bridge and Opera House or I’m…
Emirates Lounge, Auckland, New Zealand
“Excuse me, Is this the way to the Emirates Lounge?” I asked asked an elderly lady coming down the escalator. “Oh, I don’t know I’m from Canada!” she replied. When my friend Bert and I reached the top of the escalator, we found not only the Emirates Lounge but the Qantas Business and First Class lounge. I dont…
Inspecting An Etihad A380 With The Residence
I’ve only ever been on one other aircraft with a bedroom and that was John Travolta’s private Boeing 707. True story! In 2004 when he became the Qantas ‘Ambassador at large’ he did a series of dinners around the country called ‘Sharing the Spirit’. I won a competition to attend one of these black tie…
Matty Somewhere 