Hundreds of travel-hungry diners had lunch and watched in the back seats of two Singapore Airlines parked aircraft turned into emerging restaurants on Saturday.
As the aviation industry is in deep crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, airlines have resorted to fundraising tactics, ranging from providing “flights nowhere” to aircraft visits.
Singapore’s national airline, which eliminated thousands of jobs and grounded all its aircraft this year, has offered passengers the opportunity to dine aboard two A380 superjumbos, the world’s largest passenger jet.
On Saturday, more than 400 visitors checked into Changi Airport and underwent the same security checks before arriving on the plane for lunch.
“The food is quite surprising, it’s bigger than the one they serve on the flight,” 17-year-old economic elegance student AFP Zhou Tai Di told AFP, filling his frozen bird with soy sauce with highly spicy fried eggplant. Rice.
Some settled in for a nap while waiting for food to be served, while others watched videos about consecutive entertainment systems.
About part of the seats were left empty, according to social distance guidelines.
More than 400 visitors checked into Changi Airport for lunch.
Calvin Teo, a 29-year-old official and aviation enthusiast, paid Sg $321 ($236) to serve him an elegant six-course business meal, saying he hadn’t flown and hoped to recreate the experience.
Of course, the feeling of flying will be better, because there is the thrill of going to a new destination, exploring a new destination, and even if we can’t do it now for Covid, it’s a smart replacement right now. . , to recreate the sensations of a long-course flight, ” he told the AFP.
The most expensive option is an eight-course meal at 642 Sg in a premium suite, while the cheapest one costs 53 Sg and consists of a three-course meal of affordable elegance.
A limited number of passengers also had to make a stopover on the double-decker aircraft and take selfies with the pilots in the cockpit.
Meals on the runway proved strangely popular: the airline announced six more sessions after more than 900 lunch tickets sold out within 30 minutes of booking opening before this month.
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The airline also offers home grocery deliveries via the plane, but has abandoned “flights nowhere” plans (short trips starting and ending at the same airport) following a protest over the potential environmental impact.
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