Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the busiest and largest airport on the US west coast, located 33km from the city center and 50km from Disneyland. To get into Sydney from LAX, passengers can take the Airport Link train or taxis. The Qantas A380 offers three economy seats: 71D, 80A, and 80K due to extra legroom. The A380 is available on the Los Angeles (LAX) – Sydney route.
A 15-hour flight on Qantas’ A380 Premium Economy Class from Los Angeles to Sydney was surprisingly pleasant. The seat pitch is 198cm (78 inches) and seat width is 55cm (21.5 inches). Leg room on the A380 is more generous but the seats are not as wide. Qantas offers inflight dining options, entertainment, seat maps, aircraft, and more. The A380 seats are similar to the seats aboard the airline’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with muted gray upholstery, leather headrests, and warm-toned wood.
The contemporary cabin interior, mood lighting, generous legroom, and soft seat recline create a sense of spaciousness. The A330 aircraft has 236 seats, including 42 Business, 28 Premium Economy, and 166 Economy seats. The Boeing 787-9 seat map provides more information on the aircraft.
In summary, LAX is the busiest and largest airport on the US west coast, with flights and terminal information available.
📹 Premium Economy on Qantas A380 SYD-LAX
My wife and I flew Qantas on an A380 in Premium economy from Sydney to Los Angelos in Feburary 2023. Qantas recently …
Where does Qantas maintain their planes?
Qantas Engineering provides comprehensive maintenance and overhaul services for an array of aircraft types, conducted at its facilities in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne.
What plane does Qantas use from Lax to Sydney?
One may discern the distinction between Qantas and other airlines by experiencing the Airbus A380, the largest passenger aircraft in the world. Passengers are invited to enjoy a comfortable and spacious cabin, featuring modern interiors and a high standard of service. One may also explore the Qantas fleet, including both destinations and the A380 fleet. The modern interiors of the cabin afford passengers the opportunity to relax and enjoy the convenience of Qantas’ services. One may search for flights and explore the fleet in order to identify the optimal option for one’s next trip.
Is Qantas the same as Emirates?
Emirates flights in the 5000 series are operated by Qantas, while Qantas 8000 series flights are operated by Emirates. The identity of the operating airline will be disclosed during the booking process.
Who flies Dreamliner to Australia?
Qantas offers a daily direct flight from London Heathrow to Perth, Australia, on its Dreamliner service, which operates between the UK and Australia. To obtain a quotation, please complete the form with as much detail as possible and contact us on 0208 127 4273. Our travel consultants are available for consultation and may be able to provide more comprehensive assistance through verbal communication.
What plane does Qantas use to fly to Australia?
Qantas has a fleet of 125 aircraft, including Airbus A330, A380, Boeing 737, and Boeing 787, with 71 operated by Jetstar Airways, 90 by QantasLink-branded airlines, and six by Express Freighters Australia. As of July 2024, Qantas and its subsidiaries operated 297 aircraft, with 71 operated by Jetstar Airways, 90 by QantasLink-branded airlines, and six by Express Freighters Australia. Qantas Freight also wet leases two Atlas Air Boeing 747-8Fs, N850GT, and N854GT.
What system does Qantas use?
Qantas is utilizing the Qantas Distribution Platform, a technology platform developed using IATA NDC standards. This platform modernizes airline retailing, booking, and servicing capabilities, providing a better experience for travel agents and a more personalized experience for customers. To access content and offers via the platform, travel agencies must be participating in the Qantas Channel and connected with a Certified Technology Partner.
The platform allows Qantas to distribute offers through Certified Technology Partners or directly to travel agencies. This modernization of airline retailing, booking, and servicing is aimed at improving the overall customer experience.
Where do Qantas fly the A380?
As of October 2024, passengers will have the option of flying on our A380 aircraft on a select number of routes between Australia and Singapore and Johannesburg, South Africa.
What planes do Qantas use for international flights?
The company offers a diverse fleet of aircraft for international, domestic, and regional flights to over 135 destinations across the globe. The fleet comprises the following aircraft types: Airbus A380, Boeing 787, Airbus A330, Boeing 737, Boeing 717, Airbus A220, Dash 8, Embraer 190, and Fokker 100. Additionally, the company provides a diverse selection of aircraft for regional flights, encompassing the Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Airbus A220, and the Boeing 717.
What is the longest flight in the world?
Singapore Airlines Flight 21 covers a distance of 9, 534 miles from Newark to Singapore, with an average travel distance of 10, 644 miles. The flight is scheduled to depart at 18:50, with an average time of 18:18. The aircraft used is an Airbus A350-900. The flight covers eight of the longest flights in the world by duration, route, and plane, and passengers can use points and miles to travel these flights comfortably.
Is Qantas the best airline in Australia?
Qatar Airways has won the world’s best airline title for 2024, marking an eighth win since 2011. Qantas, Australia’s best airline, slipped out of the global top 20, ranking 24th worldwide. However, it earned recognition for its cleanest airline, best cabin crew, best airport service, best first class, and best business class. Virgin Australia fell from 46th place in 2023 to 54th in 2024, while Jetstar secured the title of 15th best low-cost airline worldwide.
Rex Airlines, an Australian regional operator, climbed six spots to the top 50, jumping six spots from its 56th place ranking in 2023. It was also named the fourth-best regional airline worldwide and the top performer in the Asia Pacific region in 2024.
Who flies the A380 to Australia?
In order to address the disruptions caused by severe storms, Qantas has arranged a relief flight from Melbourne to Sydney using a spare A380. The flight, designated QF7168, will accommodate 485 passengers, which is equivalent to nearly three canceled Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The decision was made subsequent to Airservices Australia’s imposition of restrictions on all airlines operating in Sydney, due to the anticipated severity of the weather.
📹 NEW Qantas A380 Business Class review – Los Angeles to Sydney
Join me in the new business class product onboard a Qantas Airways Airbus A380 from Los Angeles to Sydney. Qantas trip report …
here’s a fun fact – there’s no side storage bins for rows 38 and 39 because that’s the location where a cabin door used to be. When Qantas reconfigured the A380 with the new seats it was decided to permanently remove the doors on the right side of the fuselage. This was permissible as Qantas has business and premium economy on the upper deck and due to the light density of this configuration they were able to disable the exit.
Thanks for the article. We’re flying MEL-SIN-LHR at the end of Aug 2023. B787 to SIN, A380 to LHR. In seats 37D/E. Just returned from the US on the B787 in PE. Not that impressed. Legroom isn’t as good as some other airlines’ PE setup. And I cannot work out the benefit of that footrest. Unless the 380 has a different one and its seating has greater pitch than the B787 then I found it largely useless. But as they say, your mileage may vary, I guess.
Notice how on all these reviews and not just this website they never ever show you what it looks like when you have your table down and the A-hole in front of you reclines their seat. That’s got to be one of my biggest irritations in economy and premium economy. I’m sure I’m not the only one. Please can you show this.
A 14.5 hour flight in an Airbus A380 is certainly made far more interesting by consuming a large range of culinary delights, viewing a spectacular sunrise, spending time in the horizonal position, perusal a film or two, using a hair dryer (very briefly!!) and undergoing a very gentle descent onto Sydney International airport – all recorded with good article footage and descriptive commentary. Again, thanks Paul!
Been working at HEL airport in Finland, Europe for 6 years consecutively, and 3 summers prior to that with American Airlines in seasonal work. I’ve always liked the buzz of being surrounded by travelling people and aircrafts. The magic of transportation will never cease to amaze me. But never have I ever felt a certain kind of “fandom” or enthusiasm towards a type of aircraft – they’re all wonderful, but they’re still all aircrafts to me – until I saw my first A380 on Flightradar (it was, of course, a Qantas one, hence why I’m here). Something about the two-story aircraft, and the huge, bright red empennage with a hopping kangaroo, just made me fall in love with this plane. It’s so weird and so magnificent at the same time. I was surprised to hear that the take-off is quiet, I would’ve definitely imagined that this thing roars! But what I’ve learned from aircrafts is, the smaller it is, the louder it is. I’ve yet to visit Australia, but it’s my NO. 1 travel dream currently. I can only hope that my hop from Singapore to Australia will be on board this amazing, one-of-a-kind, two-story aircraft. Thanks for the clear, cozy article, Paul! Safe travels and greetings from HEL (EFHK) station.
Nice vid, Paul, thanks! I’m a bit of a US fan, went last year, going this year. My seat is 22A so two behind yours! Last year went to The Intrepid in NY, this trip going to Seattle Museum of Flight. Oh did you notice, I’m also a proud av-geek! Of course your message that the 707 will soon be here is exciting! Been waiting YEARS for that! I got friends who have pics onboard with JT! Too too cool! 😂
Best quotes must be ” …and I got covid, but all good things must come to an end” And ” hurtling through the skies in a tin can” I couldn’t stop laughing 😂. Hi Paul, welcome back to Australia. Great trip report, good to see that the quality of meals and drinks on board is great, too. Oh…on a final note….I love the new hairstyle you got using the hair dryer in the men’s bathroom…it really suits you !😉
Very nice and informative article. The ending brought back many happy memories of my last flight to Sydney to watch my wife compete on one of the U.S. teams at the 2000 Sydney Games. After flying for hours with nothing to see outside it was a bit of a surprise to suddenly find yourself flying over some land. My Qantas flight took us within sight of the Opera House before it made a slow turn over the Harbor Bridge and then over the Olympic Stadium right at dusk where we could clearly see the stadium full of people with the torch burning. Even after travelling for well over 30 hours from North Carolina with two connections it was an exciting and dramatic approach into Sydney.
I flew this route business class pre-pandemic and your schnitzel sandwich snack looks better than my main meal on that flight. Clearly the food has improved ! You don’t comment on the crew – on my flight the FAs were mediocre at best. We have a long way to catch up to the best asian and middle east carriers.
Did you take your shoes off before take off? I had a friend who also did that until he survived British Airtours Flight 28M engine failure fire in 1985. He was unable to get his shoes on and evacuated in his socks. He got burns and cuts to both feet. Now he always wears his shoes until the aircraft levels off or reaches cruising altitude.
Thanks so much for the excellent and informative articles of your trip to the US. Really some incredible aircraft and engineering. Your camera work is appreciated to allow up close detail and just how close quarters the US bombers were. A well documented trip and you say there are more articles. Looking forward to those🙂
Hi Paul, Great article. I presume that DFW to Sydney is not yet flying ? I’d prefer a direct flight back to Sydney, from DFW, rather then going via LA. More time in Business Class on the A380, is another bonus of DFW to Sydney, rather then a US airline to LA, and then LA to Sydney. ( with Qantas ) DFW is very easy to move from terminal to terminal via the Skytrain. I’d much rather transit at DFW v LAX BTW Wonderful hair styling, that hair dryer saved you ! Clearly, the new Business Class is a big improvement over how it used to be on the A380, and the Lounge area is another bonus. 2 questions Why is there still no Wifi on these long International flights ? Have Qantas said why it’s not yet available ? As Qantas resume flying their A380, have all of these planes had the refurbishment ? Cheers ✈️ 💺
It’s always nice to see articles of you exploring the world two years after a long COVID hibernation, with great flight reviews to start of with; and while the American Airlines NZ routes to Auckland and Christchurch are not in the timetable at the moment, there’s still some hope for these routes to be up and running eventually; and once they do in the future, I’d appreciate to see you review either the Auckland-Dallas or Christchurch-LA route. But I’d suggest the latter though, for your future world travels since this would be the first time the South Island of NZ would be getting its very first nonstop flights to the US mainland for the first time in history!
For giggles, I just checked the pricing of a Qantas Business class RT from LAX<->Sydney 45 days from now. On QF12, “Business flex” would set me back $10,874.00. (USD) A little beyond my pay grade to enjoy a couple of pints at Hearts Pub, or The Duke of Clarence. Perhaps one day you can share with me the secret to success and wealth! Cheers.
Love your articles! I used to fly exclusively on VA across the Pacific and back, pre-pandemic of course. And I’d always connect to a DL flight in the US, and heading back to LAX I’d also fly on DL. I always would check my bags all the way through my initial start point, ABQ (my parents are there) and connect at LAX and on to SYD. Even though these flights were always booked seperate for the flexibility. So always a VA metal/flight number for the long haul and a DL metal/flight # forward the US Domestic. I’ve now switched to OW and wondering, if you or anyone knows, I’ll be in F on QF11/12 and leaving LAX-ABQ same day F on AA (AA metal/flight number) and the exact opposite going back to SYD. Is there anyway to make checking bags easier like VA/DL? Can I check here in SYD all the way through to ABQ, via LAX and coming back, when I check in on AA (AA metal/flight #) in ABQ, can they check my bags all the way onto QF12 without me having to pick them up and recheck with QF again? Hope this makes sense, any help is HUGELY APPRECIATED. Cheers mate! Happy New Year!
Great to see the A380 coming back, just wish we would see some 747s come back but I know that is not happening. I was at LAX the last Saturday in February to fly a red-eye to Chicago on United and while it is good to see traffic overall returning to normal, not so good seeing LAX returning to its normal bad conditions and the gate area for United was just horrible with multiple red-eyes leaving at the same time.
I hope it comes with clear instructions how to use this Business Class because Alan Joyce says we have forgotten how to fly and that’s causing chaos at the Airports. Dare not mention there’s a pandemic actually at play. The lounge chairs and seating remind me of cheap nightclubs in Sydney during the 80’s. Certainly the correct lack of lighting.
I think most lounges they will let you in without a boarding pass if your airline’s check in counter hasn’t opened yet and you are not able to get a boarding pass. That was the case for me when I was connecting at SFO for my Asiana airlines flight to Seoul Incheon. I was allowed into the United Polaris lounge right after I got off my United flight from lax. I had like 3 hours or so after I landed before the Asiana check in counter opened. I popped into the Polaris lounge and ate at the a la carte restaurant and took a nap before leaving for a quick minute to check in and get my boarding pass.
Your slight about coffee in America means that if I ever visit Australia I may regret drinking coffee there. The more I read and watch articles about Australian coffee culture makes me cringe!!! (still can’t wait to visit though). The menu onboard looks great. To bad your were less than 2500 miles away from me I didn’t bump into you!!! Look forward to all your air museum articles. Would love to compare notes!!
Hi Paul, great to watch. After loosing 747 I am still dreaming off flying on A380. If you recall, booked A380 with BA, via the long way round/out of my way etc, they changed the bloody aircraft, hours before my flight. Didnt tell me 😢 But, now saving to fly Emirates A380 Business.. Bucket list 😉👍😁🍷🥂
So good to see you back flying long haul, I seem to recall your last one was when we English still had the Ashes and you were in that flying boat via the empire route….. The bathroom tap scene is a classic. Glad to see you have not lost your sense of humour. One thing about the A380 I don’t like is the windows. It is like looking at a washing machine and it makes to see the views compared to an older plane like the 747.
Thank you, Paul for this concluding flight after your US trip which I followed with interest. Totally agree that The Bradley terminal is almost like home when you hit the Q lounge. Last trip pre Covid, with spouse and mature daughter in tow ex Seattle cracked it for a J upgrade and had to shoot into the first class lounge to get our boarding passes back to Aus. Not a problem! J lounge was excellent and flew back in the old J seat configuration. New J seats are so much better, especially close to the window. Glad to read further positive Q reviews, have spent Q in the air on eight occasions the last 10 weeks and cannot fault them. Looking forward to more excellent reviews. Time to get together with Dennis, Greener grass Brooks for some more air trip to lighten our long haul flight deprivation? Cheers.
We travelled a lot before the plague hit and we planned a trip to Australia on the QF A380 (we have no interest in going via Emirates until that’s the last choice) Then everything turned to crap and we haven’t left home since. Once COVID is a memory and we can travel without wearing a mask, everywhere, we’ll try again – on the QF A380
How did you feel travelling back in the airports in the US? Looking at starting up my travels once more and wondering if its all very clunky and slow now with international travel and covid? Qantas never gives enough time to clear customs and get your next flight I found, is it even more impossible now?
Epic! Looks like a heck of an adventure! Hope you enjoyed your time here in United States 🇺🇸 I cannot wait to try the QANTAS A380 someday and I hope to someday visit Sydney and the rest of Australia 🇦🇺 I’ll have to let you know when that day arrives! Love the content as always Paul and Cheers 🥂 Mate! If you ever visit Michigan or fly to Detroit (DTW) let me know as that’s my home airport and home of my website Caleb’s Aviation! I’d love it if you could maybe check out my website… I’d be so humbled and I’d greatly appreciate it! Thanks so much and great article as I’ve come to expect! 🥂🥂✅🇺🇸 Caleb👍😎
That hair dryer is absolutely essential ;D I managed to snatch seat 16A on my next QF international flight from SIN to MEL. Hopefully Qantas will hand out the amenity kit next time; last time the “ground crew forgot to load them” on QF2 to SYD via DRW, and even the inflight menu and breakfast order were black & white photocopies. Rather than forgetting to load them, I suspect there was a supply issue on that particular flight. No one seemed to notice that the amenity kits were missing though. But that was my first international flight out of Melbourne since March 2020, and flying through DRW itself is quintessentially witnessing history for me, therefore the missing kit shenanigan didn’t manage to ruin my trip at all – now it bothers me after seeing it in your trip report.
Great article Paul when are you going to fly on a British Airways A380, what are your top 10 favourite airlines and why does British Airways have 6 Pilots (3 Captains & 3 First Officers) and 27 cabin crew on their A380 London Heathrow to Singapore Changi and Hong Kong flights and if you manage to Fly on a British Airways A380 Can you record the captains announcement introducing the flight crew and cabin crew I have flown on a BA A380
04:30 if this was the state of the tray table, that is absolutely unacceptable – especially for business class. Not to mention the current pandemic. Looks like they don’t clean anything on the plane at all after each flight. Every year it seems like Qantas becomes worse. Perhaps because they are Australia’s main airline and know they’ll always get bailed out by the government (e.g. receiving millions of dollars of support during 2020/2021 due to the pandemic).
Great review as always Paul. But jyst shows how lacking Qantas is and i say this as an Aussie Geeze those pancakes look like road kill. Shameful presentation for BC. Lounge on board is a joke compared to Emirates or Qatar. Really falling behind othrr carriers. Qantas arent the carrier they once were under Joyce. These days we fly Emirates or Singapore Airlines BC. Flying both in August to Europe.
Hi Paul welcome home. I always find travelling business class international with Qantas, cabin staff are always manic and lacks any sort of sophistication. It’s not their fault but the product Joyce gives them. Compare it to boarding Emirates, JAL or Qatar business class, these airlines create a premium atmosphere the moment you board. And did I hear you say ‘sparkling wine’ at boarding. Geez, Joycey is certainly doing it tough.