Brit coughs up $110,000 for A380 seat
SINGAPORE – The mystery bidder who paid more than $110,000 for a ticket on the first A380 superjumbo flight from Singapore to Sydney has been revealed.
Julian Hayward, a 38-year-old Briton 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, each with a large, first-class size 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 to be 40-80 per cent more expensive than first class on a Boeing 747, a spokesman told Agence France-Presse. The price of a suite on this route is to be about $A12,600.
Ian Jarrett
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