The streets of Singapore were eerily silent today. Businesses and homes were empty and farms void of workers. Not a single car on the street. Where is everyone? 50,000 feet above. The entire population of Singapore is on the maiden voyage of Singapore Airline's new Airbus A380, now the world's largest passenger airplane. "We got every last citizen and some visitors on this plane, including inmates," said Ton Guang, Singapore's Minister of Air Travel Traveling. Guang would not give an exact number of passengers at first calling for the media to "guess how many we got on here." After almost 30 minutes of guessing Guang finally gave a number. The Minister asked not to have the number published for fear of penalties from the World and Global Air Safety Board. As for the amenities on board,"We got it all, do you hear me, we got personal cabins, bars, sofas, a putt putt course, but not snakes on a plane," said the jovial Guang.
"Everything about this plane is big," said one passenger. Tickets are 4 feet long by 1 foot wide. Soda cans hold one liter of soft drink. The movies during the flight, which includes a stop in Australia, include: "The Iron Giant," "My Giant," "Riding Giants," "Big" and every Singaporeans favorite cult hit "The Big Lebowski."
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