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Passengers on Emirates A380 planes now have the ability to take in-flight showers (and partake of every other imaginable goody that first class offers). Although the bathrooms can be enjoyed for up to 30 minutes, you're only allowed five minutes of actual shower time. Each A380 has two shower spas on the upper deck.
How much? A first class ticket with spa access from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand will set you back over $1,200 (US dollars). Then again, if you needed to ask, you couldn't afford it anyway. [From: The Sydney Morning News via Gadling]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsKAIKAIFeb 20th 2009 3:05PM
sooooo
can you shower w/ another person
....
GalleyFeb 20th 2009 3:10PM
Yeah, it might come in handy after joining the Mile High Club.
old enough to rememberFeb 22nd 2009 3:53PM
It is an Arab airline. Can't do that - women aren't supposed to be unclothed in public and if you shower with someone the same sex, you will be killed. So much for the mile high club!
snipeFeb 22nd 2009 2:15PM
If you do, do you get double the shower time? You might need it.
ZFeb 22nd 2009 2:22PM
People have a better place to snort coke.
DaveFeb 22nd 2009 2:35PM
Just how long does it take to go from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand ? Barely enough time to lather up.
Little StinkerFeb 22nd 2009 2:44PM
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
So you get on the flight and go to your seat and find a poope stane on your numbered seat. Yah Baby now thats some kind of flight I'd pass up on.
JohnFeb 22nd 2009 3:21PM
The "Fly Naked" part refers to being in the shower, not in the cabin.
Does it say anywhere in the article this was a clothing optional airline?
Carrie WFeb 22nd 2009 3:27PM
AHHHHHHH....being rich. Starving children,HIV,genocide.....WTF.....go take a 1,500 flippin' shower
AnnFeb 22nd 2009 3:52PM
Why would you even need to take a shower on such a short flight? It would make sense on an 8 hour flight or an overnight flight, but Sydney to Auckland is only 1 hour tops, so what's the point? Now, if they came up with sleeper bays on a plane like they have in trains, I'd be all for it!
JimFeb 22nd 2009 5:09PM
Ann -
Why is it your are so typical of the uninformed who post on here?
The flight time from Auckland to Sydney [or the other way around] is a bit over 3 hours. I know because I've been there and done that more than once.
Try commenting on something you know about!
AshleyFeb 22nd 2009 9:01PM
Jim, even if she was wrong about the actual commute time, do you feel the need to shower during a three hour flight? There's still not a big differnece.
StevewFeb 22nd 2009 4:24PM
Maybe the shower is mandatory for smelly fliers who board the plane, after all, who in first class wants to sit next to a person who stinks???
AngiebabyFeb 22nd 2009 4:57PM
Um, Gadling is making this sound like a bad thing. I mean, it costs $1,000 bucks to fly the red eye from Knoxville to Memphis on a puddle jumper with no f*cking bathroom, period.
ChristopherFeb 22nd 2009 5:10PM
Once again, AOL has put up a misleading headline. Here is a story about a real group who flew naked:
http://www.naked-air.com/ NSFW
Stinker, don't worry about stains... naturists are among the cleanest people you will ever meet, and each person sits on his/her own towel at all times.
cheeseCRAXFeb 22nd 2009 5:19PM
bet they got it all scrub - B - dubbed out a there - yep
RomFeb 22nd 2009 5:23PM
It's ridiculous. Even if the trip was a 10 hour flight, don't you think the shower you took before you left the house is still valid? If not, you ought to be seeing a doctor for uncontrollable body odor.
mkFeb 22nd 2009 6:11PM
THAT IS SO TRUE
barnespowersFeb 22nd 2009 5:47PM
cool
R L TeeFeb 22nd 2009 6:09PM
Angiebaby: Knoxville to Memphis is $320 and all planes on the route have a bathroom.