{"id":232641,"date":"2019-02-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/news\/abu-dhabi-paris-etihad-first-class-apartment-a380-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:06:55","slug":"abu-dhabi-paris-etihad-first-class-apartment-a380","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/reviews\/flights\/abu-dhabi-paris-etihad-first-class-apartment-a380\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Etihad Airways A380 – First Class Apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"

After several hours of relaxation in the Etihad Airways First Class Lounge in Abu Dhabi<\/a>, it was time to board our flight to Paris in the First Class Apartment on an Etihad Airways A380.<\/p>\n

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Foreword<\/h2>\n

I planned this trip several months in advance, specifically choosing a round trip flight, in First Class, from Paris to travel both ways on the flagship aircraft of Etihad Airways: the A380.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Richard Vandervord<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And I had chosen to do the night trip (6h30 flight) and the day trip (longer flight: 7h30) to share the two options with you! Unfortunately, as is often the case in travel, not everything goes as planned.<\/p>\n

On our outbound flight, Etihad Airways chose – at the last minute – to replace the A380 with a B777<\/strong>. In the jargon, this is called an“aircraft change<\/em>“, the dread of any #Avgeek like me who has meticulously planned these flights to travel with a specific aircraft.<\/p>\n

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Expertflyer<\/a> alert informing me of the change of device<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Disappointed, we thought that this would at least have the merit of introducing us to the two radically different types of First Class. And yet, this outbound flight in First Class on a Boeing 777 went really well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Etihad – First – 777 – Chair-bed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But how angry I was when the day before our return, I received a new notification of a change of aircraft, again from an A380 to a B777! Our flight scheduled at 09:30 am the next day was also going to be on B777, while the flight scheduled at 02:30 am would be on A380!<\/p>\n

So I moved heaven and earth to get us moved on this flight<\/strong>:<\/p>\n