Quote: "Seat - the new seats in Economy are very nice. Seats slide down and back, but don'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't raise at all" {agreed but I personally enjoyed the newer-style footrests on the A380.}

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'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. {IFE was EXCELLENT..lots of choices: current and older. My IFE froze a time or two but otherwise it was the best to date, IMO}

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 {Again, food choices were good. I was seated near the front (still in econony) so I had to walk to the rear of the aircraft for refreshments. One thing I thought was odd, on this aircraft for QF, the seats were different colors by section. My cabin was red but the one behind me was all green}

Staff - couldn't fault them {really nice staff; although from SYD-HKG, one male F/A was rude at first but toned down as we were landing in HKG..the other FA made up for his rudeness by placing me in B/C for landing (tight connection)
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'm not quite sure, tbh. {Yeah, I was told there were 50 open seats when I flew a few weeks ago...no windows or aisler, either)

If you have yet to fly the A380, you are missing out. It is a really smooth, quiet and comfortable aircraft. My favorite has always been the 747 but the A380 is a force to be reconed with..