Tickets for the first commercial flights were sold on eBay for US$1.9 million (AU$1.4 milion) with all proceeds divided between Singapore's Community Chest, the Sydney Children's Hospital, 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.
Credit: Luke Anderson/ZDNet Australia
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shauno
30/10/2007 10:48 PM
Wrong! The 787 dreamliner is not the A380's direct opposition its a totally different aircraft in the same class size as say the A330 340 and 777. Although Airbus does not have any thing near ready to rival the 787's technology in the same class. The only opposition to the A380 is the 747.
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gwe
06/11/2007 04:14 PM
exelent
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