Qantas shows off their A380 interior


And boy is it UGLY.

The seats in economy are a beautifully pre-stained shade of green, while the business class seats have a strange salmon glow to them.

Images from the Herald Sun

Overall, it doesn’t really look all that terrible, and the first class seats seem to have a swivel built in to allow them to extend fully flat for sleeping. Still, there is a lot of new coming out with this interior, so get ready for a spate of “love it”/”hate it” debates.

Oh, and one of the captions announced that the flight of this particular plane up to Hamburg to be fitted with the cabin interior is the end of production troubles for the A380. Don’t tell Emirates that; they’re still waiting for their ~50 planes and Airbus keeps saying production is going to be slower…

Never miss another post: Sign up for email alerts and get only the content you want direct to your inbox.


Seth Miller

I'm Seth, also known as the Wandering Aramean. I was bit by the travel bug 30 years ago and there's no sign of a cure. I fly ~200,000 miles annually; these are my stories. You can connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.