![]() ![]() We started the flight with a glass of sparkling wine, well, two or three if I’m honest. The extra leg room a great benefit on the long flight, the cabin quiet as it’s sectioned off from economy and business class. The only problem I found was that they could be difficult to bring back to a seated position and many passengers needed assistance to get them fully upright. Premium economy Qantas seats have a pitch of up to 42 inches and 19.5 inches wide, a leg-rest that raises up as you recline and fold out footrest.Īs you would expect, the seats recline further than in economy. Qantas’ wide-bodied, double-decker has first and economy cabins downstairs, five rows of economy class on the upper deck at the back of the plane – mostly reserved for Qantas’ flight programme members, 35 premium economy seats, and 64 lie-flat business class seats. The A380 is perhaps the world’s most popular plane through a combination of quality of the customer experience, the fact that everyone wants to fly on the biggest plane in the world, and good marketing. The airline is also in the oneworld alliance, which means if you are a member of British Airways Executive Club, American Airlines’ AAdvantage or any of the other member programmes, you can collect miles and use membership benefits while flying with Qantas. They judge their interactions with you perfectly – talking when you want to talk, and allowing you space if you want a quiet flight. I had a long chat with a few of them, getting their tips for things to do in Melbourne, talking about their working life (doesn’t everyone want to know what it’s like to be a flight attendant) and having fun with them. All the crew on my flights (four of them as there’s a change in the crew in Dubai) were extremely friendly and helpful in business class as well as premium economy. Qantas flies Airbus A380s to Melbourne allowing for more room and comfort than with airlines flying smaller jets for example.Įvery company is built on the quality of its staff and this is where Qantas excels. It has a code-share with Emirates meaning if Qantas’ flight times don’t suit on one leg of your journey, perhaps Emirates’ will, giving you more choice. Its flight schedule is convenient as it operates a one-stop service (via either Dubai or Singapore). See more from our trip to Australia in this road trip video. ![]() Qantas A380 review – are cabin upgrades worth the spend?.See more of the food in Qantas’ business class….Qantas isn’t the only airline flying from London to Melbourne – you could also consider Royal Brunei Airlines – read our review here Qantas is one of many airlines flying to Australia from London, and it isn’t always the lowest price available, but there are many qualities that make flying with Qantas a better choice. Now I could review and compare them both. Yes, it takes an average of 22 hours to travel to Melbourne from London – pretty much a whole day in the sky! So comfort is key.īut as Qantas has four cabin classes – economy, premium economy, business and first – from London to Melbourne, via Dubai, I tried Qantas business class one way and the return journey was in their premium economy section. Someone recently asked me if Melbourne was just 14 hours from London – undercutting the flight time by eight hours. Let’s start with some history to explain – did you know it once took twelve and a half days to fly from Australia to London? It was known as the Kangaroo Route because of the number of stops along the way before the plane bounced onwards.Įven now it’s easy to underestimate how far Australia is from Europe. Surely, the world’s biggest passenger aeroplane the Airbus A380 model would give me the maximum space and comfort for such a long flight. When I flew to Melbourne for my Australia road trip I knew flying Qantas premium economy A380 made sense.įaced with a journey of almost 17,000 km and some 22 hours in the air, it was time to think about comfort, and I thought of Qantas premium economy on board their A380 aircraft.
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