Taxi to Rwy 20C, passing another Jetstar A330 operating a flight to Melbourne. Spot the 3rd CX plane?


Changi's iconic tower. And the 4th CX plane.


Takeoff from Rwy20C into the night sky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-9OXg-LElE


Another kind gesture I observed from the crew: The crew members helped passengers seated at emergency exit rows to store their bags into the overhead compartments prior to takeoff as no bags can be placed on the floor. After seatbelt signs were switched off, the crew retrieved the bags from the overhead bins and returned them to the passengers! Crew then started the cabin service. First, pre-purchased amenity kits (or comfort kits as Jetstar calls them) were handed out. I hand purchased one for the flight up. The kit came in a red wrapper and consists of a blanket and a pouch.


For S$9, you get a blanket and a pouch that contains a pair of socks, inflatable pillow, ear plugs, eye-shades and a toothbrush set. All for yours to keep!


Following that, crew came down the aisle selling the portable inflight entertainment sets. Interestingly, only credit cards are accepted and no cash transactions allowed. Everything is charged in Ozzie dollars. Other than the portable IFE sets, short features, a movie and flight map were also shown on the overhead TV monitors. There were also some radio channels. However you would need to use you own earphones or purchase one fomr the crew.


However as the portable set did not have any movies that appealed to me, I did not purchase it.


After about 1.5hrs of flight, I started to smell food! Meal service then commenced. Hot meals, snacks and drinks were offered for purchase. However if one requires drinking water, there are 2 water fountains in the middle of the cabin with disposable cups. Crew will also gladly get for you a cup of water from the galley, free-of-charge.


However as I had pre-purchased my meals, I was offered a choice of 3 meals. Beef with potatoes, sweet n sour chicken with fried rice or a vegetarian pasta.

I had the beef with potatoes, carrots and beans. Beef was tender. Nice meal and the portion was huge!!


My friend had the sweet n sour chicken with fried rice. I tried some, not bad! And portion was big too! The meal portions are definitely much bigger than SQ economy main courses. And the plastic disposable casseroles do not warp after heating, unlike SQ's current ones.


However, apparently Jetstar did some cost cutting as no starter, bun and dessert were handed out now. These items used to come in a meal box. The inflight magazine also still stated that hot meals will be "accompanied with a sweet treat". However when I asked the crew, he was apologetic that there were no dessert with the meals now but they did offer it previously. Along with my meal, I was offered a choice of a hot and cold drink. I had a 350ml bottle of orange juice and a big cup of hot chocolate. First time I had a hot chocolate on a flight!


After meal service was completed and cleared, cabin was dimmed for everyone to rest. However, crew still responded to any call buttons swiftly without delay in the middle of the night. I witnessed a passenger pressed a call button to request for a cup of water and a crew appeared at his seat within seconds!

Overflying Bali at night.


With the aid of the comfortable seat (with adjustable headrests that are actually not flimsy) and recline, I achieved about 4hrs of sleep, waking up when we were nearing Brisbane. An hour later, the sun started to rise.