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VIDEO: Here's what it's like flying first class on the world's biggest airliner

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Aug 30th 2012, 11:35 AM 17,023 Views 45 Comments

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FOR MOST OF us, flying internationally is the closest we’ll ever get to the experience of the modern industrial meat-processing complex.

Not so for YouTube user Volterrific, who last year decided to try out a first-class flight on one of the world’s poshest airlines (Emirates) and the world’s biggest airliner (that’s the Airbus A380, fact fans!). And document the results in video.

We can only presume this is what Kanye West’s life is like all the time. Personal minibar in your personal cabin. First-class on-board shower. Little cakes on a little multi-tiered cake stand.

Oh, and then he goes for a look at the people in economy.

How to: Survive a long-haul flight>

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VIDEO: Here's what it's like flying first class on the world's biggest airliner