WE WERE were among the 90,000-strong crowd. Our expectations were high as we hoped for something better than the show's predecessor - the Asian Aerospace. It certainly did not disappoint.

On the ground, we got a once-in-a-lifetime chance of getting up-close to more than 50 aircraft on display, most notably the Airbus A380 'superjumbo'.

The 90-minute aerial flying display was an exciting, magnificent spectacle. But the chief attraction was still the A380.

Our heartfelt thanks to the organisers for pulling out all the stops to make the event such a remarkable success. We are already looking forward eagerly to the next airshow in 2010.

Kenneth Cheng Jing Wen and Seng Si Da

It started all right but didn't end well

THE beginning of the airshow experience was all right, the ending was not. I hope the show's organisers, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Defence Science & Technology Agency will look into the following to improve the overall experience for one to take home:

Sufficient manpower on operational sites, especially at the entrance, exit and shuttle service zones; and clearly demarcated queues for different shuttle bus services.

Michelle Anne Ng Chai Ping (Miss)

Provide clear complete info

THE organisers should re-look the arrival and departure procedures for spectators. First, give clear and concise information regarding all shuttle bus routes in all media; print them on the tickets and list them clearly on the website.

Second, boarding one bus at a time is inefficient. Boarding multiple buses at the same time can speed up the entire process dramatically. Finally, provide separate queues for buses going to different destinations.

Brandon Wilfred Chng Tze Tzi

Limit number of tickets sold

I PRE-PURCHASED a ticket, and arrived at Pasir Ris MRT before 11am for the shuttle bus, which is meant only for ticket holders. I had to queue for almost two hours at Pasir Ris itself.

I finally stepped onto the exhibition grounds after 2pm, missing the flying display. On the way back, it was similarly crowded. The organisers should have limited the number of tickets sold to ensure that the crowd was controllable. The shuttle service at Pasir Ris would have been overwhelmed even if the crowds were halved.

Ooi Chun How

Tourist counts the hours

I AM an aviation enthusiast and a first-time visitor to an airshow in Singapore. My journey from the hotel via MRT to Changi Expo station was uneventful. However, from there onwards the experience turned disastrously wrong.

Forty-five minutes waiting for an SBS bus which once boarded was filled to over-capacity, 50 minutes stuck in traffic and another 45 minutes to proceed through security. Leaving was even worse - it took three hours to get back to my hotel.

Neal Jones
London, UK