EMPTY! 15 hours in Delta A350 ECONOMY CLASS Sydney to Los Angeles Trans Pacific
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- čas přidán 29. 01. 2022
- Join me as I review the Delta A350-900 in economy class from Sydney to Los Angeles. Delta completely surpassed my expectations. The A350 economy seat is very comfortable. It helped that the plane was 20% full… but still a nice seat. The crew were super attentive, very warm, and keen to help in any way they could. The food was some of the best I’ve had in economy. Portions were a bit small, but I guess that’s just a quality over quantity type thing. Snacks and drinks were available in the galley throughout the flight. Amenities included, pillow, blanket, headphones, and amenities kit.
*Edit*
Final grade for Delta should have been 66/70!
Flight Information
Airline: Delta Air Lines
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Registration: N513DZ
Flight Number: DL40
Flight Time: 14 Hour 45 Minutes
Seat: 46J, Economy Class
From: Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD) - Australia
To: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) - United States
Date: Saturday, January 1, 2022
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My father used to fly that route when Delta was using the 777. He retired at the end of 2020 with just over 40 years with Delta.
What aircraft did he start with and was he always with Delta?
@Erik, in the 70’s he flew cargo/mail then F’4’s in the military. He got hired on with Delta in 1980 on the DC9. I believe the journey went DC9, 727, MD88, 757/767, 777.
Thank you for having such a wonderful and safe career moving us all from Point A to point B. Enjoy retirement.
@Rosie H, thank you for your kind words. I will pass them along. Unfortunately partially because of COVID he did NOT get the send off that I feel like he deserved for 40 years. He has a big 777 print that a lot of pilots signed but I feel like he deserved more. Water salute or something. If you talk to him he says it’s not a big deal because in true pilot fashion he’s as modest as you can imagine.
I hope in your dad’s retirement that he will entertain the idea of writing a book. I am not kidding, flying all those years, he has stories that we can’t even imagine. I hope he will just start jotting things down. As the future progresses, So will air travel and those stories that your dad has are priceless.
omg that takeoff was too beautiful! And what a smooth landing for an a350! A very lovely end to the captain's career
Yes, it sure was. Thanks for watching, Jayden.
I saw your video of Qatar airways economy on the 777, so in conclusion you don't like it
Wdym "for an A350". One of the smoothest aircraft out there 😂
@@sergiolaurencio7534 yeah when delta had their 777 it was 3-3-3 configuration. Much better than today’s Qatar 777
@@elliott7268 Smooth in the air yes. The landing though is very often harder than say A330 due to the gear’s design. Search A330 landing and A350 landing on CZcams and you’ll see the difference :)
How cool is that. A near empty flight.
Such an emotional moment for the captain I bet to be doing his last flight on retirement.
Nice job Captain 👩✈️
Happy to see you took advantage of poor man's first class! Definitely a luxury to have the entire row to yourself for 15 hours!
Beautiful view of Sydney on the departure. A350 is a fabulous plane to fly in. Usually those landings west to East are very early morning or during stormy weather. We had just had major rain in LA 2 days before you arrived too. Nice report.
Oh I must’ve come at just the right time! That view of Sydney was amazing, made all the hoops and hurdles of the entire trip worth it. Thanks for watching, as always, Jeff.
Nice review! Cool to see Delta had snacks and such set up in the galley. I didn’t see anything like that in the economy galleys when I recently flew Qatar.
Thanks for watching! The US carries seem to get some things VERY right and very wrong. Can’t wait to see the rest of your QR reviews, got a nice sneak peek with your Instagram stories - glad you made it back safely.
@@NewYorkAviation all airlines does
Jeeeez that takeoff. The wind really hit hard, wow!
A spectacular flight… Delta looked like it delivered, but those views were epic. A great final farewell to this longstanding Delta Captain. Really well put together Vlog, enjoyed it very much. 👍
Thanks very much, Nacho. Delta did a great job.
A friend Was in Vietnam 2019 - one flight by A350 ("Vietnam Airlines").
That was epic to watch. I lived in Sydney for 11 years and saw my old condo building in Woolloomooloo from your seat! I now live in Canada. What a bonus for you having such an empty flight. Makes all the difference. Now I’m gonna watch your United flight to Sydney. New subscriber here.
I have seen many videos about trip on planes. This is one of the best. It was well edited. This video made me feel that I made this trip in few minutes. Great Video!
Thanks so much, Luis. Really means a lot 👊
Been waiting for a Delta A350 review! Thanks for this
Thanks for watching, Brad!
Same here Brad. We are taking the 339 to europe and the 359 back. In economy both ways. Great to finally get a 359 economy review.
SYD-LAX is the ultimate transpac. Nothing to do but sleep. The A350 has by far the best cabin air and environment. Arrive feeling less wrecked than on any other type
Would you say its better than the 380? Just curious? I know for sure that the 350 is far superior in comfort, noise and everything compared to the 777 and 787....but wondering what you thought about it compared to the beautiful 380.
@@mindseye4914 Yes better than A380
21:37 From those 7 categories, the score was 66 out of 70. (94%) Overall - only 40 out of 60 (67%) . Doesn’t make sense - huge discrepancy - or am I “missing” something ?
I thought the same thing
66 out of 70
94% as I see it. Was wondering as well :)
It's called someone rushed to make a video and did not proof read.
@@SlavGuns Haha 😂
Congrats, Captain! It's clear he is beloved by his crew.
Thank you for loading this. It was quite enjoyable.
I always loved that even though you are travelling in a plane going 650mph, its still amazingly quiet. 13:27 flying below sea level 8 miles in the air? Its cool that when you arrived in LAX you basically arrived the day before you left lol.
Thank you for this video. I have plans in November to go to Sydney on Delta. This gave me a look as to what to expect.
Wow what an amazing load!
You made want to fly Delta real bad again. Hopefully I get an empty flight like yours.
Excellent video, keep it up!
Yes! I would love to see another Delta review from you, I still go back to watch the A339. Thanks so much for watching.
Very nice. I have yet to fly on any A350. Hopefully soon I can try it. I have heard Delta is one of the better airlines to fly from Sydney to US. Good to see this review.
Why would you fly on the a350 ! The paint is peeling off !
Yes, Delta was great. Would love to see an A350 video up on your channel. Thanks for watching!
@@Cingearth better than Boeing crashing off
Excellent video! I would LOVE a flight this long and this empty. Talk about being able to stretch out and explore the cabin! 👍
I think the pilot did a wing wave at takeoff! Nice pilot!
I don't think that was intentional; it was more likely an unexpected gust of wind that required quick correction. Wing waves and other maneuvers are fine if the plane were higher up off the ground. Doing a wing wave mere seconds after rotation and leaving the ground, is just asking for trouble.
Nice! I flew Sydney to LAX on United on Dec 28, in business - and it was about 20% full. I was only one of two people in the 2nd business cabin! It was eerie (but good!).
Awesome, I took the same flight in the reverse direction in late 2021. Also mainly empty. Delta is surely the best of the US carriers flying to Australia, and I'd say the A350 with its spacious cabin and amenities is the best plane for the trip. Better than the A380 and B787.
Great video. Amanda and i are flying DL to Europe in april. i stick with DL whenever i can. With my height i know that the legroom in economy is great for me.
I'm going from LA to Berlin in 2 weeks. This really helped me!
Well done mate enjoyed the Video 👍👍
I have heard many complaints about Delta, but your flight looked very good to me
and great job on the filming
Wow! What a beautiful video report. I’m so glad you had a great flight. You sleep all 3 seats. It’s so empty flight. Hope you have a safe flight back home.
I have never seen Sydney International airport so empty than in this video!
Good old T3 at Melbourne Airport…
Nice bonus flying to LAX with the retiring captain 👏. A bit jumpy on rotate 🛫😉
First time going from T3. Thanks for watching, Dave!
Amazing video, it’s great to see Delta use the A350 to Sydney rather than the typical 777-200
The 772 retired so they can't use it
Haha
Okay, I just want to say how much I love the view of the Asiana A330-300 at 2:25.
I can't image a 20percent full cabin. Nice. I'm flying from Atlanta, GA to Johannesburg, South Africa later this summer. 16 hours of fun. I will be in the same economy class on my trip. But it's already almost full.
So excited to fly on this jet in 17 days!!
Thanks for this video! I will be flying this route next February and March. I just sprung a little extra money for Comfort plus seats It was $149 extra each way but based on how my 63 year old body handled last months flight from London home to the USA at just 9 hours in economy I think it will be worth it for the extra legroom and recline. The recline is supposed to be double that of economy.
Phenomenal video Samuel
Here I am taking a break from my yearly The Office rewatch to watch your review on the flight I’m taking Monday. 😆
awesome video!!
Loved the video, thank you. I see you did the makeshift economy lie-flat bed thing, which is always hit or miss in my opinion. Some seats are just not comfortable for laying across, and the armrests can hinder the laying position. Hopefully you were able to get a restful couple of hours in.
I cannot believe that flight was so empty, wow. Then again, Australia had just opened up I guess. At least you were part of a little history with the pilot celebrating the last flight he would captain during his career. That's always a special event and, at 65 years young, a bitter pill for him to swallow, I'm sure.
That was an awesome flight. I once flew like that from LAX- AMS. There is nothing wrong with economy if you have 3 or 4 chairs LMAO.
Do have to say that I particularly like Delta One suites on the A350. That was one of the best flights I ever had
Nice coverage
Oh I miss Sydney so much!
Wow, it takes off fast considering its size!
Being 6ft 6 i find that Delta offers the best space for us on the taller end of the Gene pool. Its always embarrassing when i kick people or hog the leg space. I always feel soo bad lol
19:47 HAHAHA
The fact that there's so much The Office content onto his channel should be a plus over others.
Please rate: "IFE'S THE OFFICE CATALOGUE" at every video end hahaha
Perfect
Well done Delta!
Delta & Virgin(Australia,America) are really good airlines for this route .. the quality of service is excellent… hopefully things will be back to normal so we can go for holidays. Breath taking beautiful views when land or take off from the beautiful Sydney airport
They'll be working( Virgin Australia )with UA soon😔
No more! VA existed international market and then dumped Delta for United. I feel sorry for Australians with the shocking poor service coming to them soon on United.
Very nice video !! Very good landing 👍 👍✈️💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
Great channel
Wow very nice indeed
Good job,i love the a350
great video, i hope i can ride this plane soon
Nice. Frittata and waffles on Delta? They are getting more creative with eggs and carbs. Beautiful view of Sydney. Thanks for posting with a minimum of editorial comments. Ah the NY Eve international flight - those are usually pretty empty. Sorry to hear your United experience was not better. Congrats to the Delta pilot on completing his career on this flight.
Great shot of Sydney bridge and down town after take off, did not know it was so big.
As of June 2020, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,367,206. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs. Area covers 12,367.7 km2 (4,775.2 sq mi).
Thanks I was trying to decide whether to fly AKL - LAX as it was significantly cheaper for their base fare. I am more assured to book with Delta now!
Will be flying on this exact flight in early-July. Looking forward to it, based on your overall opinion!
When?
@@NewYorkAviation the 2nd and returning on the 15th. Making my way around to world to Scotland - just so happened that the US route was cheaper.
JAL at least used to run a 777-300ER on what amounts to a positioning flight from NRT-KIX (it flew overseas from KIX, back overseas to NRT, then to KIX to do it again). I flew it once and I counted five people on the entire plane. On a 777-300ER. That, after already having flown a 14 hour flight from JFK-NRT, was easily the weirdest flight I've ever been on, between my tiredness and the fact that it felt like I was on a ghost plane. I couldn't see another passenger even if I stood up and looked around. It did mean my wife and I had a personal flight attendant, though, which was cool.
Was it really 15 hours? Man, that’s long. MEL-LAX. I remembered flying ANZ from SYD-LAX - 13.25 hrs. I thought that was long. Congratulations to you.
Sydney is a lovely city!
Nice video...happy saturday night from Indonesia
A thoroughly painless Economy flight! I'm not sure about your math on the total score.... I got 66/70
Delta a350 economy is one of the best there are out there, to be honest. Excellent video.
How much did it cost you?
You’re a very funny comedian
@@youtubechangemynamewhy I am not lying, is true.
Business class space without the price. Awesome.
Very nice video 📹 👍
Thanks for watching, John!
my best flight was on British airways from Pgh to London. 1st ever flight was a charter on TWA ( yes it was a long time ago), from Pgh to Rome.. Planes cramped anymore & makes me not want to fly anymore. No leg room & uncomfortable seats. No thanks. Haven't seen a plane this empty in many years. I would love it.
Beautiful aircraft and livery
Thanks for the vid. I'll tell ya, I would have slept like a baby knowing I saved over $1K rather than paying full boat over premium economy and I still got to sleep in a lie-flat position. Great choice of flights, IMO.
Did they dip the wings on your climb outta Sydney just for your vlog? :) Beautiful views of magnificent Sydney. Let's hope things return to somewhat normal soon.
Delta my Delta!!!
im taking the same flight the other way this summer, hope it's as good for me as it was for you :)
A pilot named Sailor. Love that. 🙂
An empty flight on such a long journey is such a blessing😂
Hi there - love the video - you said they set up a snack basket - for you to help yourself. I have flew 5 - 6 time s to the USA and never had the nerve or balls to ask for extra water or snacks. Is that something that happens alot and they let you do ?
Airbus A350 and Delta 🎉🎉👍👍❤️❤️
When I travel I always fly Delta out of Detroit..it’s a great airline
Very good review please double check your rating because you gave 40 out of 60 instead of what my calculations are 66 out 70 but overall great job to the Delta crew great stuff
Yes, that was a typo. Thanks for letting me know, it's updated in the description.
My God flying over this vast Ocean?
God is truly Mighty.
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Last time I flew on this route, the airplane had real seats. I couldn't imagine doing 2hrs in these seats, nevermind 15.
That flight from SYD to LAX is what I call the Jet Lag Express. You leave in the morning (or afternoon sometimes) and arrive early in the morning. It screws up your biological clock in the worst way
Does it ever! I once flew PER - SYD - LAX - MSP - YQR (Regina, SK). Didn't sleep anywhere along the way. It took me about 2 weeks to sort myself out.
@@deedubya286 When I went on AA years ago I was routed SYD - LAX - STL - ATL (back when they had purchased TWA a couple years before) It took everything in me to get on that last plane in STL to ATL
You might want to try your addition again. That was 66/70, not 40/60.
Yes, that was a typo. Apologies!
9:22 Whoa that was a bumpy take off, no? That looked scary AF lol!
would freak out if this happened
Be anxious when trans pacific flights resume to normal operations
What a dream flight that empty, wow. You have very good taste in TV?!!
Has to be interesting and somewhat tiring (jetlag) to cross the International Date Line and "re-live" several hours of New Years Day..takeoff between 11a/12p on Jan 1 there (Sydney time is 19 hours ahead of LA time ) since you are going backwards in clock time. By the time you arrived at 5:45 am Jan 1 in LA, it was 12:45am Jan 2nd in Sydney. Screws with your head trying to figure that out too...lol
I fly back and forth from MSP to Seoul. Yes, the jet lag, international date line - it’s a little crazy.
But now I don’t try to sort it out. It just is.
I usually return ten minutes after I left!
😢 3:04 thanks for keeping us safe onboard
Looking at doing this flight the other way next month, MAN-LAX then LAX-SYD
Fantastic video, such a shame you had to fly to Sydney just so you could choose from a different carrier that flies to the U.S hopefully United will be back flying into Melbourne soon.
curious how much the flight was i want to travel from brisbane to alanta in 2023
Were you grading on some sort of curve? I saw 7 graded categories with your numbers totaling 66 out of 70, not 40/60.
11:28...right over that volcano! 🌋
You flew from Melb to Syd to fly to LAX?? Doesn't Virgin still do international direct flights from Melb to LAX? Or did they change that due to covid?
Just a tip.... when transferring from Sydney domestic to Sydney international, if you dont have much luggage - take the train! Its much easier.
Great tip!
wow this flight was so empty.... WHich is really nice for an ultra long haul! Taking this flight in 3 months on united
With a flight that empty, I would request a seat forward of the engines...ie ask the flight steward. It's much quieter than sitting aft of the engines and hence better sleep.
I have a 15 hr flight coming up next month on this (delta a350) to Cape Town. Are the seat cushions comfortable? Will it make the butt hurt ? I once flew on Asiana A380 to Seoul and it was 12 hrs of torture as the seat cushion was so hard.
How comfortable are the seats on the A350? I heard they have memory foam!
How would you compare Delta with American on this particular route because American also flies between LAX and SYD?
Hi! Did you have a lot of turbulence from Sydney to LA
That moment when the people in premium economy feel cheated cause they can't raise the arm rest and lay out like everyone is back in economy 😂
glad you arrived home safely. if your mum lives in australia, why don’t you move out here for good?