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Internet entrepreneur pays $100,000 for first A380 flight
Singapore Airlines unveiled the mystery bidder who paid more than $100,000 for a seat on the inaugural flight between Singapore and Sydney.
- AP
- Published: 23:03 October 15, 2007
Singapore: Singapore Airlines unveiled the mystery bidder who paid more than $100,000 for a seat on the inaugural flight between Singapore and Sydney.
Julian Hayward, a 38-year-old Briton who sold his internet business in 2000, said he wanted a "little bit of history" by flying in seat 1A in the first class area on next week's journey.
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