Tickets for the first commercial flights were sold on eBay for US$1.9 million with all proceeds divided between Singapore's Community Chest, the Sydney Children's Hospital and The Children's Hospital at Westmead (Sydney) and Doctors Without Borders.
Here a representative from the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick receives a check for AU$236,000.
The most expensive ticket was won by Julian Hayward who paid US$100,380 to make the trip to Sydney with a friend. 28 percent of the tickets purchased were by Australians, 14 percent were Singaporean and the rest were a mixture of Britons, American and other countries.
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- The Dreamliner is not direct competition, the closest competition is the 747 and the new version which is slightly extended. Other than that there is no direct competition, just because two planes wer... (Read the rest)
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BIG!!!
Laff | 10/26/07
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Does anyone remember when the 747 was new?
balsover | 10/26/07
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No Doubt...
mikevans15@... | 10/26/07
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RE: (Photos: On board the Airbus A380)
blackjack861@... | 10/26/07
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RE: (Photos: On board the Airbus A380)
jerseydwk | 10/26/07
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That's why...
Dr. John | 10/26/07
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RE: (Photos: On board the Airbus A380)
k7ugq@... | 10/26/07
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Like WOW!!!!
mikevans15@... | 10/26/07
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just another cattle car, but bigger
jiagebusen | 10/26/07
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You've clearly never flown on Singapore Airlines
notsofast | 10/26/07
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Power supply to seats
dneil@... | 10/26/07
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How fast does it go?
ld358 | 10/26/07
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So those who store Office 2007 documents...
Grayson Peddie | 10/28/07
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RE: (Photos: On board the Airbus A380)
vivektanavde | 10/28/07
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A360?
d.s.williams | 10/29/07
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RE: (Photos: On board the Airbus A380)
VCALIMIDI | 10/29/07
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Dreamliner 787 direct competition???
richard.e.morton@... | 10/29/07
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