QF 93 Mel/Lax A380

[Quickstatus]

I would happily continue sitting in a SkyBed Mk 2 and an A380.. However I seem to have over the odds success in getting droopy SkyBed Mk 2 seats...
In the end its an airplace designed to go from A to B and I don't really mind - just not the 787 in Y

Privacy? - Why is there a need for privacy in a seat?

 

[jase05]

Privacy? - Why is there a need for privacy in a seat?

Personally I love the privacy and prefer doors where you can seperate yourself from the rest of the world and zone out.

 

[RooFlyer]

Privacy? - Why is there a need for privacy in a seat?

If you have the choice of privacy or not in any situation, which would you choose? Maybe OK with ?old BA J seats where on take off and landing you look directly at the pax next to you.

 

[Quickstatus]

If you have the choice of privacy

That's my point, there is no privacy

 

[Uncharted6264]

Wanting to book a flight from BNE to LAX in J soon, this is my dillemma. Either guaranteed updated J direct from BNE to LAX on the A330, but I also really want to fly the A380 again.

But then I run the risk of encountering VH-OQL.... it has flown QF11 3 or so times in the last month and a bit.

Low risk but I'd kick myself if I ended up with it.

 

[rigram]

Is there a difference between first seat in different versions of A380?

 

[RooFlyer]

That's my point, there is no privacy

Your point I was replying to was a question as to why there was a need for privacy.

As for there being no privacy, I don't understand - you mean on board any aircraft? Or philosophically in society today?

In many aircraft 'suites' no-one can see you while lying down - isn't that 'privacy'? Not total, but I can read in bed without being observed. That's private for me

Some suites now have floor-to ceiling walls to the aisle: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/first-class-airplane-cabins-high-wall-suites/index.html

A new generation of high-wall supersuites are stretching up to the ceilings of the latest wide-body jets, eclipsing the suites that came before.

And IIRC the Etihad 'residence' is certainly very private and the 'apartments' had walls that couldn't be looked-over.

 

[RichardMEL]

Is there a difference between first seat in different versions of A380?

Not really tbh.

There was a redo of the covers to a whiteish sceheme from the brown, a larger screen, but basically it is the same seat with just a "lick of paint" as it were. They did very little to F.

 

[frodo]

Technically all modern business class seats with direct aisle access have some form of compromise.

Mostly true, although there are still a few airlines that use apex suites. It's not particularly great for space utilisation though.

For example, JAL's 789s have 44 business class seats in apex suite config and 52 seats in the newer reverse herringbone config.

https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/aircraft/conf/789.html

I have yet to try it, but Korean air's new prestige class on their 777s looks like it is now one of the very few business class seats without any compromises. Apex suites in a staggered 2-2-2 layout meaning that there is plenty of width as apex suites are usually in a 2-3-2 layout on the 777s.

 

[kpro]

Mostly true, although there are still a few airlines that use apex suites. It's not particularly great for space utilisation though.

This is a 2-2-2 product with aisle access created via walkways, but it is highly regarded. It does potentially have a compromise on storage space (same as the Skybeds) given there's no console created through a stagger.

For example, JAL's 789s have 44 business class seats in apex suite config and 52 seats in the newer reverse herringbone config.

Yes. I had the unfortunate experience of having a 14 hour flight on JAL which was supposed to be a Sky Suite (Apex Suite) subbed last minute to the Sky Suite III (Zodiac Aries). The Aries implementation of the reverse herringbone is among the tightest I've been on - first world problems but gets quite uncomfortable for that length of flight.

 

[Quickstatus]

privacy

Yes, I agree there is a need for privacy and given a choice most would want privacy t. However on an aircraft there is no privacy for passengers - even in suites, and my remarks about privacy is more about the post that 787 has more privacy than the 380 - it's really a moot point because there is none. But that does not discount the need for privacy - just that an aircraft is the wrong place to look for it.

The suite privacy is not real privacy because the cabin crew can open the doors at any time

 

[shmoozy1]

And just like that VH-OQL is gone again and the 789 is back

 

[NM]

I'd just be happy to in any J seat rather than a Y seat.

 

[AIRwin]

It's been VH-OQL shuttling between MEL and LAX

Finally broken the cycle and turned around as QF12 LAX-SYD

 

[Uncharted6264]

Finally broken the cycle and turned around as QF12 LAX-SYD

Please keep me in your thoughts, flying qf11 this month in J... Go away OQL

 

[shmoozy1]

Please keep me in your thoughts, flying qf11 this month in J... Go away OQL

I’m sorry and will definitely have a kind thought