11 Indians on first flight of A380

New Delhi: 11 Indians flew the first commercial flight of A380 on Thursday when Singapore Airlines (SIA) took the gentle giant from Singapore to Sydney with 485 people on board. The first flight seats were auctioned and airline raised about $1.26 million.
"Economy class seats for the first Singapore-Sydney flight were auctioned for between Rs 41,000 and Rs 2 lakh. But the economy class fare for the return Delhi-Singapore-Sydney flight will be about Rs 57,000 (including Rs 15,667 taxes).
"The India-Singapore sector will be covered on a Boeing 777 and the Singapore-Sydney can be flown on the A-380," said Gunjan Chanana, SIA spokesperson here.
SIA has three flights on the Singapore-Sydney sector daily and one of them will be on the largest commercial passenger aircraft the A-380, from this Sunday. The return fare for a business class traveller from India will be Rs 2.20 lakh (including tax of Rs 39,000). But those who wish to experience the Suite (first class) on the A-380 will have to shell out a cool Rs 3.86 lakh (including Rs 56,000 taxes) to fly from Delhi to Sydney and back.
"The first two weeks of the A380 flights are sold out. The response from Indians is very good with 5% of the bookings coming from them," Chanana added.
26/10/07 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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