Hey everyone! I am at Melbourne Airport and I'm just about to fly on Qantas
flight QF9 from Melbourne to Perth. Although this is domestic flight QF9
leaves from the international terminal as this flight goes to Perth and then
travels on to London Heathrow on the same flight number. Qantas flight QF9 is
operated by the excellent Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. This one is called
'Great Southern Land' which was the first Dreamliner to join the Qantas fleet just
over 12 months ago.
Qantas check-in is located at row A. Qantas at Melbourne Airport still have
the old manual check-in counters. You then need to pass through airport
security as this is international you need to have a photo ID.
Once you pass through airport security Melbourne International Airport is like
a huge shopping mall with loads of duty-free shopping and high-end brand
stores. As I'm only flying on the domestic route of this international
flight I can't buy anything in these duty-free shops. While there is heaps of
shopping to do there's only a few food outlets at
Melbourne International Airport. Now our plane is ready so let's get onboard and
check out this awesome Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Just a quick walk through the business class section I hope to bring you a
review of these seats soon.
and another quick look at the premium economy seats which look like a really
comfortable seat.
now into the economy section which has a total of 166 seats. By the way the
premium economy there were 28 seats and business-class has 42 seats so it's a
total number of 236 passengers on board this magnificent plane
these economy seats have a width of 17.1 inches and a pitch of 32 inches the
pitch is the distance from the back of your seat to the seat in front
these economy seats do have some very nice legroom. This flight from Melbourne
to Perth is only four hours long. If you're flying from Perth to London then
it's an extra 17 hours so you definitely want this extra legroom. I personally
would want to be sitting up in premium Economy or business class for a flight
that long. The entertainment system is the latest edition of the Panasonic
avionics in-flight entertainment system with has a generous 12 inch touchscreen
which is loaded up with heaps of the latest release movies and TV shows
with one touch you can switch between watching a movie to bringing up the
awesome in flight map then one press again to return to watching the movie
when you make the map full screen you get these awesome graphics and see which
cities your plane is flying past
under the entertainment screen is this small storage compartment where you can
store your mobile phone or a bottle of water and the food tray folds down and
it's quite sturdy to hold the food while you're eating. Also directly under the
entertainment screen is one USB port for charging your phone or electronic
devices. And of course like all Qantas flights there is a copy of the excellent
Qantas Spirit of Australia in-flight magazine. So now it's time to leave so
sit back and enjoy the taxi and take off and then I'll come back and show you the
food served on board.
Shortly after takeoff a meal is served. In economy class there's a choice of
three different meals.
I chose the honey soy chicken with jasmine rice which was a really tasty dish.
It was serve bread roll some, cheese and
crackers and I got this tasty bottle of red wine with the meal
my only complaint about this entire flight is that in this dish, there were
some large pieces of chicken. Now sitting in economy class it's not so easy to use
your knife and fork to cut up the chicken without bumping my neighbor so I
think if they had made this dish with small pieces of chicken it would have
been much better. After the meal they served up tea and coffee with these
delicious Lindt chocolates.
then about 30 minutes later they handed out these tasty Weis ice cream bars
the rest of the flight I sat back relaxed and watched a movie. Enjoy the
rest of this flight and descent and landing into Perth Airport