On Oct 16, 2:55 am, Kingfish wrote:
I read about Singapore Airlines taking delivery (finally) of its first
A380. The article said the plane was configured with 471 seats, which
I found odd seeing as the plane's 550-pax capacity has been pitched by

Qantas is going with even less, just 450, but here is your answer -
mega luxury (with mega cost to be sure, but there are lots of very
very wealthy people travelling on the singapore airlines routes)

From: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4239874a34.html

Luxury, at least for those travelling in their own first-class
sleeping cabins, will take to the skies when Singapore Airlines flies
the double-decker Airbus A380 into Sydney next week for the first
time.

The key to the cabins on the world's newest passenger plane, Singapore
Airlines boasts, is the separate seat and bed - replete with designer
quilt.

Singapore Airline also boasts that the sleeping suite can be
transformed into a stylish office, with its 57.5-centimetre platinum
screen and workstation.