Etihad Airways unveils hotel-style rooms on A380

[AUz]

Amazing. The GCC has emerged into one of the very biggest aviation hubs in the world.

With some of the very best airlines (several of them even) with some of the most expensive fleets in the world.

Emirates alone have 44 Airbus A380's in their fleet. More than anyone else by far. Singapore Airlines are for instance second with "only" 19 of those beats.

Wealthy GCC Arabs are buying up half of USA and Europe nearly. It's quite amazing actually. Anyone living in either London, Paris or NYC should tell. Ironically together with the Russians.

Airbus A380 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Any source?

What exactly GCC Arabs are buying in United States?

Details or didn't happen

 

[al-Hasani]

Any source?

What exactly GCC Arabs are buying in United States?

Details or didn't happen

Google is your friend.

@MastanKhan

There is no airline without faults but Emirates is in general one of the very best airlines in the world if not the best. Look at most of the rankings or just take a look at their fleet.

I have had less fortunate episodes with airlines such as Air France, British Airways, Lufthansa as well. But both are still top class airlines.

 

[AUz]

Google is your friend.
.

Google won't tell me much. Since you made the claim, I am sure you have information.

Share it with me.

I want to know...

or just accept the your statement was over-bloated. Not a big deal

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Or you be like John Travolta

 

[khanboy007]

Or you be like John Travolta

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that 707

but id rather go with the sultan of Brunei

a gold sink from his aircraft hes got many aircrafts not sure though which one it this from

B747

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

that 707

but id rather go with the sultan of Brunei

a gold sink from his aircraft hes got many aircrafts not sure though which one it this from
B747

The crazy thing about John Travolta is that he is the one flying the plane (there isn't a crew). He could be putting it on autopilot and heading back and taking a nap. If he isn't careful he'll end up like that Malaysian Airline someday.

 

[khanboy007]

The crazy thing about John Travolta is that he is the one flying the plane (there isn't a crew). He could be putting it on autopilot and heading back and taking a nap. If he isn't careful he'll end up like that Malaysian Airline someday.

LOL

but I hope nothing as such happens.....

 

[Dubious]

Wow! Looks nice but too expensive...imagine you are sleeping on a bed and then turbulence occurs and you end up on the floor

 

[khanboy007]

Wow! Looks nice but too expensive...imagine you are sleeping on a bed and then turbulence occurs and you end up on the floor

well I mean it could happen but you have a personal waiter to give you a hand

 

[Al Bhatti]

November 11, 2014

An Apartment suite in The Residence. Etihad’s initial A380 will fly between the carrier’s Abu Dhabi base and London from December 27.

Etihad’s $20,000 Residence fully booked for first 10 A380 trips

The $20,000 Residence suite on Etihad Airways’s first Airbus A380 superjumbo, featuring three rooms and a dedicated butler, is already sold out for the first 10 flights, the Abu Dhabi carrier said.

Bookings for the ultra-luxurious cabin boasting a double bed, living area and shower cubicle are running far ahead of the usual 50 per cent reservation rate for first-class berths, the Etihad chief executive James Hogan said today in Dubai.

“We’ve been quite happy with the takeup,” Mr Hogan said at an industry conference. “There’s a market there.”

Etihad’s initial A380 will fly between the carrier’s Abu Dhabi base and London from December 27. Mr Hogan is betting the industry’s most luxurious inflight product will help lure top-paying travellers from the likes of Emirates and Qatar Airways, which introduced the model last month, as well as global operators such as Singapore Airlines, which pioneered the plane in 2007.

Etihad has 10 A380s on firm order and also plans to deploy aircraft two and three on the London route, which will become an all-superjumbo service with three daily flights. The model will also serve Sydney and New York later in 2015.

Emirates is working on a first-class upgrade, while Qatar Airways has limited the offering - which it says includes the industry’s widest seat - to its A380s and Boeing 787s.

Mr Hogan said that Arabian Gulf carriers are finding expansion plans under threat from regulators in Europe and the United States, even where bilateral accords should permit great competition through additional services and cooperation with local partners.

“What we are seeing is huge pressure from the US and Europe challenging the air service agreements of the Gulf airlines,” he said. “That protectionism, we argue, certainly constrains global development and restricts choice.”

A dispute with German authorities over a code-share agreement between flight Etihad and Air Berlin, in which the Middle Eastern carrier owns a minority holding, is “all about protecting” Deutsche Lufthansa, he said.

Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr, who took over in May, has cited competition from Gulf airlines as his biggest challenge, saying that while the company “can handle” discount operators such as Ryanair that are on a level playing field, “with the Gulf carriers it’s different.”

Etihad’s $20,000 Residence fully booked for first 10 A380 trips | The National

 

[Al Bhatti]

October 16, 2014

The 13 flying butlers are from the following countries: Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Tunisia and three from the United Kingdom.

Etihad’s flying butlers ready for highest level of service

Downton Abbey’s Mr Carson would raise a quizzical eyebrow.

The world’s first flying butlers have completed their specialist training at London’s Savoy Hotel.

Now 13 of them are ready to be unleashed at altitude as Etihad Airways takes on its Arabian Gulf rivals in the battle to out-pamper premium passengers.

The team of eleven men and two women, bedecked in tails and white gloves, have been drilled in etiquette, protocol and valet skills.

But unlike Mr Carson, Etihad’s butlers will rarely venture below stairs – or rather below deck, on the airline’s brand new double-decker Airbus A380.

They will look after VIP guests using the carrier’s new $20,000-a-ticket three-room cabin on its first A380 aircraft.

The so-called Residence will take to the air in December on the Abu Dhabi-London route.

“The flying butlers will provide a level of service that no traveller has ever experienced in commercial aviation,” said Aubrey Tiedt, Etihad Airways’ vice president for guest services.

The extra space offered by the A380 is helping the region’s big three airlines offer unique premium cabin configurations – complete with bars, showers and double beds.

Sean Davoren, the Savoy’s head butler, praised Eitihad’s first crop of graduates, saying they combined “the discretion of a traditional English butler with the efficiency of a 21st-century personal assistant”.

But not everyone is convinced.

“There’s not a lot for a butler to do on an airplane,” said Robert Wennekes, who runs the Netherlands-based International Butler Academy and who has worked in the industry for 35 years.

“A butler is an executive manager of a household. I’m sure these stewards do a wonderful job, but it misses the point.”

As Mr Carson might say. “It will never do.”

Etihad’s flying butlers ready for highest level of service | The National

 

[Levina]

October 16, 2014

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The 13 flying butlers are from the following countries: Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Tunisia and three from the United Kingdom.

Etihad’s flying butlers ready for highest level of service

Downton Abbey’s Mr Carson would raise a quizzical eyebrow.

The world’s first flying butlers have completed their specialist training at London’s Savoy Hotel.

Now 13 of them are ready to be unleashed at altitude as Etihad Airways takes on its Arabian Gulf rivals in the battle to out-pamper premium passengers.

The team of eleven men and two women, bedecked in tails and white gloves, have been drilled in etiquette, protocol and valet skills.

But unlike Mr Carson, Etihad’s butlers will rarely venture below stairs – or rather below deck, on the airline’s brand new double-decker Airbus A380.

They will look after VIP guests using the carrier’s new $20,000-a-ticket three-room cabin on its first A380 aircraft.

The so-called Residence will take to the air in December on the Abu Dhabi-London route.

“The flying butlers will provide a level of service that no traveller has ever experienced in commercial aviation,” said Aubrey Tiedt, Etihad Airways’ vice president for guest services.

The extra space offered by the A380 is helping the region’s big three airlines offer unique premium cabin configurations – complete with bars, showers and double beds.

Sean Davoren, the Savoy’s head butler, praised Eitihad’s first crop of graduates, saying they combined “the discretion of a traditional English butler with the efficiency of a 21st-century personal assistant”.

But not everyone is convinced.

“There’s not a lot for a butler to do on an airplane,” said Robert Wennekes, who runs the Netherlands-based International Butler Academy and who has worked in the industry for 35 years.

“A butler is an executive manager of a household. I’m sure these stewards do a wonderful job, but it misses the point.”

As Mr Carson might say. “It will never do.”

Etihad’s flying butlers ready for highest level of service | The National

I love etihad ..its only getting better with each passing day.

 

[HAIDER]

Hi,

Worst service I got from EMIRATES travelling from dubai to los angeles in march. I was the last seat in economy---it took 3 hrs 40 minutes from the start of breakfast to get to me---and I had no choice left for breakfast---air hostess attitude take it or screw yourself---okay.
Then came lunch---2 hrs 20 mins wait time and only vegetarian left---on my insistence the air hostess says---let me see if any other choice available----she conveniently forgot---when she comes to pick up the tray after 45 mins reminded her----she made feeble excuxse---told her to get the supervisor---. The supervisor came after 1 hr----just let her have it with both barrels---she wanted to bring food from the business class and I had lost my appetite by then.

Filed a complaint---they responded---next time---I chew the supervisor in the begining of the flight to get better service.

lolzzzzzzzzzzzzz EMIRATE is arabs FRONTIER AIRLINE....lolzzzzzzzzz

 

[Bombaywalla]

It is a lot easier on the eyes than Emirates' F & J.