Simple Flying
- It's eight a.m. here in Dusseldorf, Germany
and it's time to go to Singapore.
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- Let's go.
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- Today, I'll be flying the twelve hour journey
from Dusseldorf, Germany to Singapore on
the Singaporian A350-900.
- This is actually not the special long-range version
that they use to fly directly from Singapore
to New York, but still features the same business class.
- As the journey would be overnight,
I'll be able to enjoy dinner, sleeping on board and
a delicious breakfast in the morning.
The business class cabin is split in two,
with seats arranged in a
one dash two dash one configuration.
- Now, let's do a seat tour.
- The seat is compact with sixty inches of pitch
and seventy-two inches of pitch in bed mode,
which I'll get to later.
- It's big.
- It was very cozy and felt very private even without
suite doors, although I could see a neighbors screen
quite clearly if I craned my neck.
- I found the most comfortable position was to
actually leverage a pillow on my left side and
lean into the privacy barrier, which was padded
with a quilt cushion.
- There's this really loud vibrating, droning noise.
So much for super quiet engines.
- The seat offered storage options galore with
(long indrawn breath)
- Side mirror, drink stand, head phones, pocket,
water bottle storage, phone tray, arm rest,
shoe well, coat hook and head phone hook.
- And a massive overhead bin, just for my seat.
- Plus, the window was huge on the 1850,
with a great view of the cities below.
- I would definitely enjoy this through out
the flight, especially flying over a slumbering India.
- I did have a little embarrassing moment when I
realized that the entertainment screen was not
actually a touch screen.
- I shared a laugh with the passing flight attendant
who showed me I had to use the remote,
found on my right hand side.
- Because of the location of the remote,
I was constantly touching it during watching films,
which would pause the film
or sometimes exit it entirely.
- Now, let's talk about sleep mode.
- The bed is actually stored in the back rest and
folds out.
It is for this reason that the seat does not actually
have a massage functionality.
- I found it confusing to unfold the seat,
but fortunately, a passing cabin crew member was
able to help me, in the darkened cabin.
- Now we get to the problem with the seat.
I found that the actual foot well,
where you put your feet,
when you're in flight mode,
was actually a little bit too small and jutted
off at sort of a seventy degree angle from the seat.
- Unless you have a bulk-head seat,
you're legs are actually squashed and
you're forced to lie sideways,
which was not very comfortable.
- Just checking out the bathroom, here.
- It's quite good.
- It's clean.
- So it looks like we've got here;
we've got a mouthwash that you have to
add into some water.
- And then we also got some toner to spread
on your face.
- Some hand-lotion and some cologne.
- Okay, so that's very interesting.
- Okay let's give this one a go.
(ah)
- Oh, that's actually very refreshing.
- During the flight, I was served two meals,
but I also had access to on-demand a la carte
food whenever I want it.
- The first of my meals, which was dinner,
was a delicious lamb dish
that was absolutely fantastic.
- It was served with a cheese plate and
I had a chocolate for dessert.
- I actually asked to try another menu item
as I was still hungry afterwards
but my request seemed to be forgotten
at the end of the meal service.
- During the night, I decided to
try the sandwich, especially after I had tasted
on my previous Swiss flight.
- Needless to say, it was fantastic.
- For breakfast, I decided to go with
an egg souffle, which wasn't very good,
but the Muesli and other items that were
severed along with it, was fantastic.
- The bottom line is that Singapore Airlines
provides one of the best business class products
between Europe and Asia, however,
they do have a few areas to improve
before I would crown them, "The King of the Skies".
- Great Flight.
- Now for the next one.
- Phew.