Linux and luxury: Behind the scenes on the Emirates Airbus A380

We take a look at the Emirates Airbus A380's high-tech luxuries and Linux-based Panasonic Aviation eX2 in-flight entertainment system.

Emirates recently brought its Airbus A380 to Australia and PC World Australia was lucky enough to get a close-up look.

Despite being 73 metres long from front to back and 80 metres wide from wing to wing, the Airbus A380 makes less than half the noise of a Boeing 747 during take off. Fibre optic wiring and the widest cabin of any aircraft in the world make it a fantastic piece of tech.

The A380 runs regular services three days a week on the Dubai-Sydney-Auckland route and three days a week going from Auckland to Dubai via Sydney.

David Ramli flew to Auckland as a guest of Emirates.

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