- Welcome to Manila in the Philippines.
Last time I was here,
I flew on a plane ranked as the most densely packed plane
in the whole world.
It was an A330 with 440 seats on it.
And well, that was with an airline called Cebu Pacific.
And now they've gone one even further
because they've got a brand new plane
that'll seat 460 people on the same size plane.
That's like a plane that usually seats about 300 people.
So it's gonna be a really tight plane indeed.
So I'm off to the airport
to go and get a ride on it
and we'll see what it's all about.
Yay! Kenny Rogers Roasters is still here.
I can't have one today though
'cause it's like stupid early in the morning.
And I don't fancy having just fried chicken
for my breakfast.
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Right, okay, through security at least.
I need to try and find where the plane's going from.
I think it's down this way.
So let's head down and get on the plane.
All right, so out the gate,
or at least I think it's the gate.
They told us 107, but the screen say 111.
And even the cabin crew that are operating this flight,
think it's 111
even though there's a Singapore Airlines plane.
Probably just there at the minute,
which would be nice if they sort of swapped us
from a Cebu A330 to a Singapore, what is it?
Triple 7. 787 rather.
That will be quite nice, wouldn't it?
But no, we've got the DVT Express today across to Bangkok.
460 seats that they cram on board an A330neo.
Usually, they have about 300 on an A330neo.
And Cebu have managed to get 460 on
by removing some bathrooms.
I think that's how they've done it.
So basically get more passengers on board.
So yeah, this is gonna be a fun ride, isn't it?
So just waiting for the plane to come down
and we can get on board the DVT Express over to Bangkok.
All right, let the fun and games begin.
Whew, ready for a fight.
Let's get to the front.
All right then, welcome on board the Cebu Pacific A330neo,
the world's most densely packed airplane.
There are 460 seats on this plane in total.
That's kind of the same amount of seats
you get on an A380 and it's on an A330neo.
Normally, these things hold about 300 passengers,
but Cebu Pacific,
well, they've gone for their full passenger experience
and added 460.
To get that,
they've had to actually remove some of the toilets
so they can fit more passengers in.
That's the level of dedication the Cebu have
to fit in as many people as they can onto the plane.
But we're just boarding here at Manila
and we'll be getting on our way soon to Bangkok.
My route today then took us west out of Manila
to cross into Vietnam, before flying overhead Cambodia,
and down into Bangkok in Thailand.
Flight time today was four hours on the nose,
cruising at 38,000 feet.
All right, so airborne from Manila
on the Cebu Pacific A330neo, the DVT Express.
I'm sitting actually in an exit row,
but there isn't a lot of room
'cause my feet are sort of here,
although I suppose I could stretch out.
The downside with the exit rows
is the seats are really ridiculously narrow
or that just could be throughout the whole plane.
I mean there's nine across the entire plane
from the front, right all the way down to the back,
it's really, really tightly packed plane, this one.
There's no entertainment at all on here.
Just like on the older A330s, nothing at all,
no personal TVs, no Wi-Fi even
to you watch your own stuff or anything like that,
nothing like that on Cebu.
What else was I gonna say?
The seats as well, yeah, they don't recline either,
which is quite nice
'cause it means that no one's gonna be like reclining
into you, but they are very narrow and very, very firm.
And as I will testify to my last flight I did with them,
which is like 11 hours on one of these things,
they're not comfortable after a couple of hours.
But the cabin is pretty spacious.
It's quite bright and airy
because the fact that there is no, literally, no galleys,
no toilets or anything from the, thanks for that,
no galley or toilets all the way
from the front of the plane down to the back.
So it's quite spacious really,
and they've made it like a quite bright area as well.
But there's no getting around.
This is not a very comfortable plane at all.
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All right, so I've pre-ordered some food on this flight,
so I don't know what it's gonna turn out like.
I've just opened my tray table though,
and that's kind of state of the tray table, like, um, nice.
I wish I've still got those sanitary wipes
that United gave me yesterday.
All right then, my food has turned up.
I can't remember what I ordered.
Let me have a look.
Char siu chicken, there we go.
That's what I ordered.
That's what it looks like.
Chicken, rice, and green stuff.
See what it tastes like, though.
It's quite nice, actually.
That's quite decent. I can't remember how much it was,
but I think it was very expensive,
only like a couple of dollars or something,
so it was quite nice.
All right, it seems like
I might have accidentally ordered extra food as well.
I don't remember ordering this.
I think it was actually at check-in.
They asked, they said, "Oh, you don't,"
when you check in, they say,
"You don't have any food ordered,
would you like to order something else?"
I think that's what's happened
and I've ended up ordering this sort of kulp,
which is interesting looking, but let's have a look.
It's meant to be a cheese roll
but it looks like someone's had an accident all over it.
Look at that. Wow.
Try it.
I don't know what this is.
It tastes like a donut that's covered in cream.
It's not a cheese roll.
Either way, that ain't good.
Go for the char siu chicken. It's much better.
Some crisps as well.
We'll try them in a minute.
- [Announcer] It's time for the Noel Philips Loo Review.
- All right then, time for a super quick loo review
on this Cebu A330neo.
It's gotta be super quick
because in order to fit all these seats on the plane,
they've basically had to remove most of the bathrooms.
So there's only a couple.
This one's the one bathroom
that serves the entire front half of the plane,
right down to the nose so I don't wanna be too long.
But yes, it's a very tight squeeze.
They've also obviously made it very tiny.
Someone's left all the water in there a lot but...
Barely mum, we've only been airborne
about sort of half an hour out of Manila,
and the bathroom's sort of ditched already.
It's a bit minging, and it stinks as well in here.
It absolutely stinks.
But, hey, nevermind.
It's very tight indeed.
And this, well, they've done,
they've basically removed all the bathrooms
so they can get more seats on.
And then what bathrooms they have left
is the tiniest ones of the lot.
So yeah, I'm gonna have a wander around the cabin.
This is in a, this bathroom, by the way,
is in a really weird position. As soon as I open this door,
you sort of look straight down the eyes of 460 passengers
as you step out the door.
It's a little bit weird,
but I will show you in just a second.
It's a bit, it's a bit strange.
But yeah, it's a A330neo, very tiny loo.
So I'm gonna go a bit of a wander around the plane,
and yeah, see about heading back to me seat.
- [Announcer] That was the Noel Phillips Loo Review.
- Now, the great thing about this plane
having quite so many seats on it
is that the carbon footprint per passenger of this flight
is apparently one of the lowest out there.
I mean, it's kind of what happens
when you take a plane designed for 300 people
and then stick 460 people on it,
you divide that plane's carbon footprint
by quite a large number.
So, of course, it's gonna be a bit lower.
But also, it means that the flight price
is quite reasonably priced as well.
This flight from Bangkok to, from Manila to Bangkok,
it's cost me 150 US dollars, which is pretty decent.
It's about half what you pay
with Thai or Philippine Airlines.
So, if you don't mind
a little bit of discomfort for a few hours,
then it's quite a reasonable option to take, I guess.
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Survived Cebu Pacific again.
Two times, two for two.
All right, let's head in to the terminal
here at Bangkok.
Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand, survived Cebu Pacific.
Again, two for two
surviving their really, really cramped aircraft.
Let me know what you thought of Cebu Pacific
down in the comments.
Would you fly on that, the world's most cramped plane?
If you could do it for $150 at least,
let me know down in the comments.
Or would you just take another airline
and actually have legs intact at the end of the flight,
again, let me know.
I'm off to get my next flight now.
But yeah, thanks for watching.
Take care, and I'll see you on the next one.
Bye for now.