12/7/2023 0 Comments Airbus a380 cockpit 360 viewBeyond the seating area, or ‘living room’, of the Residence is a corridor to the bathroom and the bedroom. The seating area is basically two seats, as two passengers can share the Residence. There’s a seating area that accommodates two passengers. I had the chance to spend time inside The Residence on a couple of my recent New York JFK – Abu Dhabi flights. Still I find their wine choices thoughtful, and the lack of $300 whiskey and $700 cognac is a small quibble that doesn’t mean much to me.Įtihad’s A380 also has a product beyond the First Apartment. And their first class alcohol choices isn’t as quite as high end as you’ll find on some other airlines, notably Emirates. Now, there’s an onboard lounge area but it’s not a tended bar the way that Emirates and Qatar have. While I’ve read reports of running out of food inflight, the only items I’ve ever seen that with are the biryanis that always seem more popular than what’s boarded. And the ‘dine anytime’ concept means you can have anything from across the menu throughout the flight. They can customize meals to your preference. But they hit some great heights at times. They have an ‘onboard chef’ concept - a flight attendant with restaurant experience who has primary cooking responsibility inflight - and there are great chefs who really tailor their cooking to your preferences and others who ‘only’ offer what’s on the menu. When you’re both in bed mode, you can be laying next to each other with nothing between you from the waist up - almost like home.Įtihad is also the only airline besides Emirates to offer an onboard shower.Įtihad does a great job with onboard cuisine. Traveling with someone? The wall between rows 3 and 4 on each side of the aircraft comes down. It’s that bench that folds out and turns into a bed, of course with a mattress and sheets and a blanket that’s softer than any I’ve hand on other airlines. A dining companion can sit across from you (and even be seatbelted in) for a meal. You get a super wide seat and you also have a bench where folks can sit with you inside your suite. That’s unprecedented, and it’s what more than anything makes Etihad’s First Apartment product better than any other commercial first class in the sky. The ‘First Apartment’ is a single aisle product on the A380 superjumho jet. And Etihad offers that in a way that no other carrier can come close to. ![]() The greatest luxury, therefore, is space and privacy. ![]() The scarcest resource on a plane is square footage. But the first class offerings in Airbus A380s of Etihad, Emirates, and Singapore Airlines are better than the rest.Īnd Etihad’s first class Apartment is better, even, than the first classes of Emirates and Singapore. There are many airlines which are very good. There are three great international first class flight products.
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