Flight test: Singapore Airlines A380

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Flight test: Singapore Airlines A380

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Singapore Airlines A380.

Sydney to Singapore.

Business, seat 19D.

55 inches (distance between rows of seats; airlines use imperial measures) and 34 inches (between armrests); folds out to a flat bed.

1-2-1 layout ensures all seats have unimpeded access to an aisle; 60 business-class seats on the top deck.

40kg checked baggage, plus two pieces of cabin baggage up to 7kg.

Eight hours.

Spot on.

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As good as new; no signs of interior wear and tear.

Carefully designed, including a 39cm screen, mirror, spot for reading glasses, in-seat power supply, USB ports and handbag stowage. Even without a laptop, in-seat software means you can work on documents from a portable USB flash drive.

Serious. Leather seats so wide I could fit a small child either side; a fellow passenger meditated in the lotus position for hours with room to spare. Exit the reclined seat without adjustment. Stand up to fold out a flat bed with mattress. Settle beneath a cotton duvet with two feather pillows. And it's true: the A380 is noticeably quiet.

Efficient and, more importantly, gracious. In my opinion, the best-presented attendants in the air. Love those uniforms.

Excellent. For starters, smoked duck breast and confit salad, then seared wild barramundi fillet with udon noodles, shitake mushrooms and eggplant, inspired by Sydney chef Matt Moran. Charles Heidsieck champagne, Singapore Sling cocktails, choice of three coffee bean types and nine teas. And that's just one meal.

Only terry-cloth booties and eye shades handed out; L'Occitane toiletries, toothbrushes, razors etc available in business-class toilets, a move that must surely minimise waste.

Plenty of choice: 112 movies on demand, more than 180 television programs, 65 interactive games and 740 CDs. The handset is well designed and simple to use.

Singapore Airlines flies from Sydney to Singapore 28 times a week.

singaporeair.com.

Tested by Helen Anderson, who flew courtesy of Singapore Airlines.

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