<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (imon32red @ Dec 3 2008, 06:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
It seems like you have flown the A380, right Nick. How was it and how are the loads?[/b]
It was really really nice. I&#39;d toured the assembly line in Toulouse when I was in college so I was really excited to get a chance to ride on it. QF certainly haven&#39;t gone as flashy as EK or SQ but it still quite agreeable.

Seat - the new seats in Economy are very nice. Seats slide down and back, but don&#39;t recline as far into someone elses space as they used to. The seats definately feel wider and there is more legroom. I found the netting at your feet instead of a footrest to be slightly odd, but can appreciate how much weight it saves. If you are a window seat traveller however there is a significant gap from side of seat to fuselage - so good luck leaning on that window to sleep. Arm rests raise 1/2 way MAX, and the aisle arm rest doesn&#39;t raise at all

IFE - Very nice and lots of choice. Touch screen is a little blah... think it could have been designed better, but you can still use the corded handset remote. QF have gone down the road of cached internet which doesn&#39;t impress me much. It was still offline when i travelled, but every economy seat has an ethernet port and usb port in the arm rest for charging and eventually connecting to internet. Oh it has wifi too... but once again not online as of last month.

Food - QF have always been good with the food. Plenty of choice, snack pack at night. Water, juice and soft drink and snacks are self serve in every economy area at this snack bar type place. All you Americans will appreciate that QF do free alcohol on international flights... i recommend the james squire golden ale

Staff - couldn&#39;t fault them

When i travelled it had 200 empty seats!!! This was an imbalance as QF had offered an A380 sale early this year, so first week loads were packed. Then it died off but all those people in first week were coming home. As for now i&#39;m not quite sure, tbh.

There are some (blurry) pics of the seat and plane in the gallery