FIRST LOOK inside Fiji Airways' NEW A350 

Considering how close it is to Australia I’m surprised I’ve never actually been to Fiji. Somewhere I’d love to visit, so thanks for the tip about the lounge Hugh.

Love to board my fiji airways plane

Thanks for watching Michael

Yeah that's a pretty impressive cockpit, it's very well designed.

Yeah the Air Pacific 747 was a great plane, with that huge colourful rainbow tail.

@@StefanDrury flew it in 2012. Upstairs was economy too and we were lucky to get upstairs. Kids everywhere. The staff called it a flying daycare centre such were the number of families with young kids.

Thanks for watching Simon, yes I think the new aircraft will help encourage more visitors to Fiji from Australia. Especially with fares like those advertised currently.

Yeah if you can book the A350 for that route it’ll be good to try it out. If you’re travelling economy look out for that Bula Space section, a bit more room and priority boarding.

Thanks for subscribing Franklin, a warm welcome to the channel. I’m hoping to jump back on commercial flights again as soon as we can, so standby for more content like this. Cheers, stef

Haha thanks, honestly it took me way too long to get that table out. Less about the design, more about the customer I reckon.

Thanks Joshua, I agree the livery and interiors on this aircraft are fantastic. It’s a very subtle but stylish design by Fiji Airways.

haha

Ha, good to know it's not just me. He really wasn't planning on stopping...

Thanks for transcribing! :^D

Thanks Spiro!

planes 4 me me too

Yes that's a good point, it's a similar design to Finnair but surprisingly I think the design is simpler in the Fiji Airways version than Finnair. Both are fairly minimal though, it's a very nice cabin environment.

And the windows are great for gazing out as well, I do like the A350 for long haul as well. Thanks for watching.

Thanks David, I agree it’s a great looking aircraft inside and out. This was filmed on the same day it arrived from Brisbane.

Stefan Drury . It was the day I was there then . I never managed to get near to it though , lucky you .

Ha that would’ve made a good vlog... was nice meeting you too Marc.

@@StefanDrury thanks for taking us along on the interior tour. The cabin is almost as snazzy as the livery. In those years in Plymouth, were you a Marjon student or at UoP? Loved it when the planes used to land at Plymouth Airport. I could hear them from my dormitory and did some spotting when studies permitted. Good times back then! 👋

Yep. And its Los Angeles not Los Angeleezzzzzz.

Sorry bro its Nadi..just a fijian helping u out👊

SUNIA CABE Thanks for putting right a 45 year old habit. Learn something new everyday.

Vinaka Vakelevu

Thanks Mike, every day I’m amazed by the support. What a great community we’re building 👍

Stefan Drury ; Recall the old Levi’s motto: “Quality never goes out of style.” You’ve got that in spades, mate. Keep on keeping on. 🐮

Thanks Stevie. We’ve come such a long way with this channel hey? Excited for the next chapter.

You certainly have Stef. I remember seeing your subscriber graph at Wycombe Air Park in June. The trend seems to be continuing exponentially. And that’s great to see. Your vlogs are always entertaining. Keep it up!

Thanks T9909, I appreciate the feedback. There will always be a mix of me flying, commercial aviation, travel, and tech content on this channel because that’s the content I like to make and share. So if you don’t want to watch a particular video, then perhaps may I suggest you just ignore it and wait for the next one. Thanks for commenting, stef

Good question! Simply, the device that measures your height above the sea (known as altitude) is measuring atmospheric pressure. This changes as you get higher - in fact as you get higher, pressure decreases. Pressure also changes on the surface. In order to calibrate the altimeter and give the instrument a reference to measure the change in pressure, the controllers pass the altimeter setting which is put into the altimeter. As you move horizontally across the ground, the surface or sea level pressure setting changes and so it is passed to the pilot so that they can use the relevant pressure setting for the area they are flying in. Above a certain altitude, a standard pressure setting is used so that all aircraft above said altitude are using the same pressure setting. This means they are all separated vertically by the same distance. When using the standard pressure setting, the altitude is referred to as ’Flight Level’. The topic of altimetry is studied in the theory side of Pilot training and gets a little more complicated when considering the effects of temperature. Hope that helps.

JamesLEC thanks a lot! It starts to make a lot of sense now! I always was thinking in meters of feet of the ground as that number, and there was no logic to it! But if the number is a pressure number, I know now, why it is not a standard number on a flight chart.... it changes with the weather! Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

theadianandrowanshow: Lol, you milk it👍😅

@@brilliantbutblue Yep haha!

Hey Mohammed, yes it came from Dubai to Brisbane, then Sydney, then it was off to Nadi for the delivery flight before starting service.

Yeah the camera doesn’t do it justice, it’s bigger than my kitchen at home.

I haven’t seen Sam’s video yet but I’ll check it out, thanks.

* Nandi (d makes an nd sound in Fijian)

Hugh Rothwell, I know most people use the hard ‘d’ sound and say “nan-di”, but Wikipedia disagrees. Regardless, there is definitely an ‘n’ sound after the ‘a’ sound, as you point out.

It’ll be interesting to see what they choose. We should hear pretty soon, it’ll be interesting if they do go A350 considering their investments in the B787 so far.

Thanks Harrison, I appreciate that.

Stefan Drury I have watched all of your videos! You are such a kind and happy person! Have an amazing rest of ur day!

Give him time John, the child of an aviation fan doesn't really have any choice... :)

He's British!

Far far far far faaaaaar from being the worst. So far you can't even put the 3 words together.

They were actually really flexible for me. I was the one hanging around wanting to see more after everyone else had left on the bus :) They stayed behind for me and drove me back to the terminal in the staff bus, so it’s me that should be thanking them!

@@StefanDrury All good Stef, I did see them accommodating you (and us). It's just that I think they could have leveraged the opportunity of having you there a little more. Don't they know we're special?

Good point, we ARE special.

So would you like to donate 40s more A350 to make it 42😂😂🤪🥴

​@@Kime_Staye3912😂😂😂

@@esiracakacaka2832 Ioo kila levu dina a drakana🤷‍♀️😂😂😂.. Luveni kania a wawa i Nona Tua🤦‍♀️🤣

Despite being at an airport I was still excited to see it flying overhead!

Considering I paid for my own return flight to Sydney because a) I thought the viewing audience would be interested to see this brand new aircraft, b) I felt the information on flying the A350 with a new airline would be useful. Plus at no time was there ever any exchange of money or services from Fiji Airways for this video, then if you can elaborate on 'sellout' I would be most appreciative. I await your reply, stef.

Try Indian Airlines then