Etihad Airways will be taking delivery of their first 787 later this year, which will feature three-cabin service and new first and business class. The first route will be Dusseldorf, with Washington Dulles and Mumbai getting the new aircraft in early 2015.
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Is it my imagination or are there rear facing seats as well in F? Plus, I would imagine that 1-2-1 setup on the 787 would render a narrow suite (it's 1-2-1 on the 777 as well correct?)
Looks very nice. Nice that F suites are sticking around but J product is fairly close to what airlines offer in non-suite F, right?
So when you move in full time in late December, will it be to a Residence, or just a First Apartment ?
Whose website are you guys using to search the IAD-ABU route for award space? Just curious. BA site is only pulling up BA and Qatar space.
@ Graham -- You're best off using Etihad's website to search for award space on their flights.
Ben, thanks for posting the links to the videos. Just a slight request... When you post videos, can you embed them in the page so that they play in the article and don't send you out to YouTube in a new page?
Thanks! 🙂
Data note: Of the 41 B789s EY has ordered, 20 will be three-class configurations and 21 will have two classes.
I reread this article and the more I think about it, the Etihad A380 is not that revolutionary, as you stated in the introduction. When Emirates introduced the showers for its First class in 2008, I felt that was revolutionary. I have never heard of a shower on any plane ever. When Singapore introduced its suites, I knew there were double beds in the sky in private charter planes but never in a commercial plane; yet it was revolutionary along with its introduction of the double decker A380 in 2007. In this case for Etihad, there is only 1 double bed (in the Residence) yet there are 2 in the Singapore A380. In Etihad's plane, there is only 1 shower available for its 9 first class passengers, whereas there are 2 showers available for Emirates's 14 first class passengers. Perhaps the butler concept is revolutionary but to me, it's not as striking as showers in the air back in 2008. It's definitely impressive though!!!
@Graham: Here is a link for searching. My results were seen by AA agents with no problem.
http://www.etihad.com/en-us/plan-and-book/book-flights-with-miles/
@ Coutureguy -- Hmmm, that was my intention and it shows as embedded to me. Is it now showing as such on your end?
@Ben- When I click on the picture it takes me to YouTube, and doesn't remain on the page and play within the window. So when you click on it on your computer, it plays within the window? Which browser are you using?
@ coutureguy -- That's odd. For me it plays just fine in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox.
Hmm, that is strange. Maybe I need to check some settings. Oh and I just noticed that my handle was in lowercase on my last reply. Sorry, not trying to be shady. Just chose the wrong one on autofill. 😮
I would note that it does look like EY is blocking F availability from AUH-IAD. I can't find a single 2015 date with availability.
On the other hand, IAD-AUH doesn't seem to be affected.
When selecting flights 205 and 131 Etihad prompts a message stating that the aircraft for those flights will be leased by Jet Airways. This is for April 2015.
Will these planes be there new 787s as listed? Or has something changed temporarily for those dates?
@ Nick -- If the flight still shows as a 787 then it should be the new ones and I would assume it's a glitch.
I second @Eric 's comment. I can see F availability in a few places on AUH-IAD, but nothing in June. Hope that changes for July....
Lucky, any feedback/suggestions here? Should I just book the business class and then call to upgrade if/when F opens? Thanks!
Is that just my impression or the seats in F are more narrow than the current one?
Thanks
@ Lucas Cabral -- That would make sense, since there are still four seats per row and the 787 cabin is narrower.
Ben--have you traveled on these yet? Any suggestions for seats for couples in business? Assuming center two would still be best but just checking. Thanks.
@ Gaurav -- Haven't yet, but I'd suggest any two seats together in the center for couples traveling together.
@ Al, oh, that makes so much sense now, I was looking at a 787 flight from AUH-JNB, but Etihad's website always said sold out, well, now I know that I'm not missing out on F since they don't even have it, thanks!
Hi Ben
Which seats in J would you recommend for two travelling together on the 787-9 (2 class)?
Specifically if we pick the forward/backward combo with an even row window seat, are there any negatives for the other person facing the other way (e.g., 5 AC)
Thanks
Ian