Brit buys seat 1A on first A380 flight for £50,000
The mystery bidder who paid over £50,000 for a ticket on the first A380 superjumbo flight from Singapore to Sydney has been revealed.
Julian Hayward, a 38-year-old Brit based in Sydney, sought a “little bit of history” by flying in seat 1A in the first class area of the plane on next week’s journey.
An internet auction for tickets on the inaugural flight raised $US1.3 million for charity.
The first delivered Airbus A380 superjumbo, owned by Singapore Airlines, has arrived in Singapore. It will make its first commercial flight on October 25 between Singapore and Sydney.
The plane includes 12 private suites, with a seat and a real bed with full-size mattress.
Each suite has a 58-centimetre flat-screen television and sheets by French designer Givenchy.
The “suite class” seats on the Singapore-Sydney route are 40% to 80% more expensive than first class on a Boeing 747, a spokesman told Agence France-Presse.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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