Unless you have been a hermit for the past week it probably hasn’t escaped your notice that Atlantis (the hotel on the Palm in Dubai) opened last week on the 24th September. Newspapers, magazines and supplements have been awash with articles and reviews about the themed spa resort hotel.
Aimed strongly at the family market the hotel does stretch its theme’ing’ to the limit, even suggesting that it is an educational experience for children regarding the (fictional) Atlantis.
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Posted by Jackie Hewett on Thu 25th October 2007 at 07:33 PM, Filed in Travel News
Nicknamed the ‘Superjumbo’, the Airbus A380 took its first commercial flight today (25th October 2007) from Singapore to Sidney for Singapore Airlines. The flight today was configured for 455 passengers, some paid thousands to be on the first flight. However, this double-decker, four engine (Rolls Royce Trent 900) plane can be configured to take 853 passengers (and 20 crew) on a wholly economy basis. The A380 now steals the title of largest passenger plane in the world from the Boeing 747 with 50% more space.
The plane has been in design since the early 1990’s, but it was in December 2000 that build really took off with the Airbus board voting on the final design to fulfil 55 orders. According to its manufacturers the A380 is the most fuel efficient and quietist passenger jet ever built, with cabin noise allegedly 50% lower than most passenger aircraft.
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