With two levels of passenger seating, the new Airbus A380 super jet is bigger than anything we civilians have seen yet. Yesterday, Airbus officially delivered its first A380 to Singapore Airlines.

A typical A380 with three cabin classes accommodates a whopping 525 passengers. Take out the first and business classes and make the plane all economy, and that number of passengers soars to over 800 (imagine that boarding process!). By 2011, this plane will be able to take off and land in 70 airports around the world.

Photo courtesy of IgoUgo member alancf.

Singapore Airlines configured its cabins to accommodate a mere 471 passengers, due largely in part to its super swank luxury suites. This new luxury class puts privacy at an almost prohibitive premium, but if you’ve got the dough to blow you get a flat-screen TV and a full-length bed with French designer sheets that can convert to a fully functional office. Apparently, couples can join two suites and beds together (mile-high club, anyone?).

Those in economy will each have an entertainment system with over 100 films, TV shows, and games to choose from. Not too shabby--although economy class passengers miss out on the bars reserved for the higher paying guests. Yes, there will be bars that you can stand around and drink at like a normal person on the ground. How civilized!

Singapore Airlines’ first commercial flight will be from Singapore to Sydney, and takes off on October 28. Plenty of other airlines are signed up for A380s deliveries over the next year, and I, for one, can’t wait to see what other amenities the different airlines will come up with as far as cabin configuration is concerned.

Among the wishlist items I’ve seen tossed around are fitness centers, restaurants, beauty salons, casinos, and showers, all of which are making the prospect of flying more and more like being on a cruise ship. If this is the future of air travel, what wishlist innovations would you prefer to see in the skies?