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Flying Etihad’s A380 Inaugural! SUPERJUMBO Business Class + Full Aircraft Tour

Join us as we fly Etihad’s very first A380 flight after removing the superjumbo Airbus from storage. We’re on EY11 from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow in Upper Deck business class (seat 22K) – and we’re boarding early so that we can walk you through the entire aircraft, on both decks, and say a quick hello to the pilots too!
Check out the beautiful economy class and find out which seats have the best engine view; take a peek at the ultra-luxurious Residence with its separate bedroom; tour the First Class Apartments and get our seat recommendations there too; and join us in business class where we’ll walk through the seat, the service, the food, the amenities, and show you all the inaugural flight goodies we got too. Watch a moody middle-of-the-night takeoff on this super-quiet beast of a plane, and a calm and lovely early morning arrival, with a fair bit of cloudsurfing, into London’s Heathrow Airport. Etihad has a very nice offering with its A380, and we’re looking forward to seeing more come back into the fold.
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