See inside Etihad’s ‘The Residence’ suite

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• HIDDY says:

  14 Nov14 November 18:51

  When you’re a ‘boys with toys’ state run airline you can do almost anything to attract customers. It would be folly for the likes of BA to do provide a similar product.

  • James67 says:

    15 Nov15 November 02:30

    True but nit quite. Were BA wrong when they introduced flat beds to CW? In the past they set standards but these have now been surpassed. BA seems reluctant yo even catvh up. My huess is because thry cannot do so eithout sacrificing their high density CW and losing a lot of revenue as a result. Despite being one of the most expensive airlines BA continues to do well in its core longhaul market, thanks largely to their dominance at Heathrow. Until thrir market share drops substantially I cannot see them changing high density CW. Best we can hope for I think is evolution of existing design with better seet, bigger screen etc. That said, i am in no doubt BA could have sold a luxury suite quite easily on some routes such as LAX, IAD and JFK. What I do find difficult to understand is BAs lack of ambition with their new F seat.

• James says:

  14 Nov14 November 23:00

  What is business class award availability usually like on EY? thinking about jumping onto the card + transfer bonus deal.

  • Rob says:

    15 Nov15 November 09:28

    2 seats max but generally ok availability

• Anonymous says:

  16 Nov16 November 06:18

  Is it just me or is the bed in the Apartment narrower than what’s on aay EK or EY’s current F product?

  • Rob says:

    16 Nov16 November 13:05

    It didn’t feel too narrow to be fair. On Twitter is a pic of me sitting on it for scale.

• Lady London says:

  16 Nov16 November 16:50

  Thanks for the nice pictures Rob! Seems to outdo even the SQ suites.

  Lufthansa isn’t matching that. Looks like it’s going to be hard for LH to execute their focus on First Class in the Middle East. What;s the betting LH will dump their Middle East routes like they dumped all of their European short haul except FRA or MUC flights? possibly followed by being forced to dump their Asian routes… ?

  • Alan says:

    16 Nov16 November 23:05

    Although when it comes to space, I had the entire SQ A380 Suites Class to myself flying SIN-AKL last week – three crew and as many seats as I wanted 😀 Needless to say they made up the double bed for me and I paid for it all with MR points 😉

• LostAntipod says:

  16 Nov16 November 17:32

  I flew EY F from AUH to CDG on Friday; the cabin supervisor was talking to me about these new suites and she thought that the ticket would be about $20000 for AUH-LHR (one way). I dont know if that is per pax or for the suite.

  • Rob says:

    16 Nov16 November 21:52

    The Residence is $21,000 one-way. For one or two passengers.

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