Several months later, I boarded another almost daylong flight, this time on Singapore Airlines, from Newark to Singapore. The flight lasts more than 18 hours, yet Singapore's economy seats proved more comfortable than those in business class on most airlines.
The choice of films was smaller than on Emirates, but Singapore included far more art house choices, including Oscar nominees like The Constant Gardener and French and Italian offerings. The cabin staff was more polite than any other airline's, even delivering five extra meals to the fellow in front of me who just couldn't get enough airline food.
In the back of the economy cabin, there was a small walk-up station where you could get fruit, drinks, granola bars and other snacks, and attendants hung around to chat with passengers. By the end of the flight, the station felt like a city bar at happy hour, with passengers drifting to the back to swap airline stories, complain about their jobs, and even swap phone numbers.
The flight was, dare I say it, almost fun.
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