Etihad Will Fly Airbus A380 To Tokyo Narita, As Eighth Jet Reactivated

This aircraft should be retired. Recently flew on Etihad A350 and it was so far superior to the A380 it was not even funny.

what are you smoking lol. the a380 has aura and a much nicer aesthetic on the inside. besides the tech upgrades, etihad's a350 just feels generic and not as special

Quiet.

The question is what will EY do for their outstation ground experience at NRT.

Typically they have offered elevated lounge offerings above business class, such as at LHR. I think they might try to use the ANA Suite Lounge since they're in Terminal 1?

This article started me thinking about the A380, F cabin and my preferences. Being fortunate enough to have sampled seven operators, I thought that some might like to read my order of preference:

When travelling as a couple both Singapore and Etihad have been our favourite suites, which we have experienced multiple times over the years.

Emirates we have found to be excellent, however for us, on our chosen routes, not quite as good accommodation wise as SQ or EY.

We have not been disappointed with our BA or Qantas flights to Australia either. But again SQ and EY suites are preferred.

I have experienced Qatar on several occasions as a single passenger. While both of us have travelled with Lufthansa to RSA. I have to agree with my wife, when she has flown with LH she has always felt “Overexposed”, as privacy is somewhat lacking. The same goes for QR too, where I’m sure she would feel more uncomfortable, especially at mealtimes, unless facing the bulkhead.

This seems to be more prestige driven rather than commercial. Tokyo is a massive and important belly cargo market segment and this gets evaporated for Etihad by deploying the A380s. They would have been better off keeping a daily A351/B77W on the route or increasing frequencies. The economics for the A380 on Tokyo in the long run are not promising and it cant make a net profit for the airline.

This plane is way too big for Abu Dhabi - Tokyo which is heavily skewed towards connecting traffic for Europe. Their Singapore A380 loads are just average and Osaka was converted into a summer seasonal service !

Etihad F on the 388 is broken down junk held together by scotch tape and chewing gum.

Broken seats, broken tech, power surges that break YOUR tech, crazy alarming noises coming from the seats for an entire flight... and Etihad tells the customer to pound sand.

My favorite part, they claim if their seats short out any of my tech, they have no responsibility, and all their amenities are there for "convenience" by way of their contract of carriage.

No flat bed for a 14 hour flight? Not EY'S problem! Flat beds are only there for convenience!

Sorry EY ****, your comments do not make any sense to me. It sounds like you are complaining about a J seat and not the seat or separate bed in an F Suite.
I have traveled EY F Suites many times and I have never encountered “Broken seats, broken tech, power surges”, etc.

I am ABSOLUTELY complaining about the apartment. I know what it's like for the bed to go half way from a right angle and get stuck.

40 hours of flying. 40 hours of broken seats and tech on every segment.

40hrs on the same aircraft, in the same suite, with the same fault! Exceeding hard to swallow old bean.

Jessica, I would bet my shirt on the fact that the EY, J seat is exactly the same Collins seat in the A380, as it is in the A350 and even the BA A350 (all be it in a different colour scheme) yes?
I have spent hundreds of hours travelling in the BA, A350 J seat and would agree that it is a “Superior” seat. However, as good as that seat is, it cannot (in my opinion) beat the seat, separate bed combination of the EY A350 F Suite.
Don’t knock it until you have tried it …. have you Jessica?