My first practical observation about the A380 Superjumbo: It isn"€™t all that big. Once you get inside it and have crouched your way claustrophobically through the economy-class cabin toward seat 89F, you soon realize that it's no bigger than ...

My instinctive reaction to what had just happened and indeed to the events of the day itself, was, of course, to head straight for the minibar. I found it lurking underneath the T.V on the right hand side of the room, a small brown camouflaged ...

            I was impressed. In less than five minutes, Magda here had managed to check us in, book us our wake-up calls, add our Ibis points onto our Ibis Elite Members Club Cards, and all that while being ...