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Next feature for the A380? Showers!
Dubai's Emirates airline just started revealing some plans for its A380 configurations. They're the second customer for Airbus's giant airship with delivery slated for later this year. And it looks like they're going to try to beat Singapore Air, the first customer, in sheer ridiculousness of their first class product.With showers. Yes, first class travelers on the new, highly-coveted Emirates A380 routes will soon be able to take a shower while they're flying in the world's skies. The service is slated to unroll on the new New York - Dubai A380 route scheduled for October 1, but eventually will be augmented into all of their super jumbo jets.
I'm curious as to whether this is going to be a high-water pressure, multi-head luxury shower or a tiny RV-style drizzle of water from the ceiling.
To support this service, Emirates plans to haul an extra TON of water on the aircraft, thus as the Times Online reports, increasing the carbon output by an extra 25 tons. Baffling. But as many airlines are wagering these days, the real money lies in the business class product. We cattle will pay anywhere around $1,000 for a flight between New York and Dubai, but each business class ticket should run around $18,000.
So much for being eco-friendly.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Greg Royal Mar 26th 2008 2:31PM
They are actually going to use special powdered water from Norway much like powered milk. This weights much less and doesn't evaporate.
Nick Hawkins Mar 26th 2008 4:39PM
They're about $8k for business class and $12.5k for first class tickets on the A380, based on random dates in December.