Etihad 787-10 Business Class - Abu Dhabi to London

In the last video, I arrived in Dubai on an Emirates A380 at the end of a long work week. I decided to take some time off here in the UAE before returning to the frozen wasteland. If you don't know me, call Canada. If you don't know me, I did it. Most of my growing up was in neighboring Saudi Arabia and as a result this part of the world is my home, it is safe, friendly and family-oriented. All of this is especially true for Dubai, arguably the crown jewel of the Gulf and the current home of many of my childhood friends, as well as some new ones.

Thanks to this channel during my stay here, I bounced around a couple of hotels with my travel buddy, Ricky, and ended up with a few days in the palm of my hand at the w. Somehow, I got this absolutely over the top hotel room. base of operations if you wish, from which to enjoy this equally spectacular city, while the city itself is truly a sight to behold, for me the best part of this place will always be the people. In the end, two weeks went by too quickly and Sadly, it was time to leave without having flown with etherhot for a few years.

I wanted to try again, so I dug into my mileage account and scored a last-minute seat on their Dreamliner service to London. All that was left to do was find a ride. Going to Abu Dhabi really isn't difficult in a land where motor vehicles outnumber humans. I also have a carpool with me uh this is Will if you don't know who he is go watch his channel this is good I mean for two hours not too bad how was the leg room? not very good mate, oh boy it's okay, oh we're British and you've got a Bentley, I mean how long do you think it'll take to get over the border?

Yeah, okay, okay, no problem. yes I got it, don't worry, after dropping off prankster Will at his holiday villa it was time to leave Dubai. Going to neighboring Abu Dhabi is relatively easy. You can go by car, like I did, which will take you anywhere from an hour to two depending on traffic or you can take the train, which will take at least three years because they haven't finished building it yet. Now I understand that maybe that wasn't the most helpful advice, so let me try harder with this. The next part of Abu Dhabi is to debate what Nikki Hilton is to Paris Hilton, the more sensible older sister, a little less flamboyant, not on tmz as much as her younger brother, but actually no less exciting, the city itself is situated On a collection of islands with most urbanized areas located on the largest island of Abu Dhabi, despite essentially being a gigantic beach with no natural sources of fresh water, the capital is remarkably green with palm tree-lined boulevards and many flower beds. of flowers that adorn every corner like Paris i' I'm talking about the city, not about Sister Hilton.

Abu Dhabi is home to a Louvre museum, it is my favorite attraction in the city and I would definitely recommend all visitors to put it on their list as I am a Formula One fan. Of course I must mention the island. the postcard image of modern abu

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grand prix at yas marina but getting back on track because this is an av oh my god that was a pun terrible just east of ya On the island you will find the Abu Dhabi International Airport.

This airport will consist of a series of buildings on the south side of the property. Terminals 1 and 3 are interconnected and constitute the majority of commercial passenger operations. Terminal 2, on the other hand, whose existence is Even the best known is essentially a shed with some bus doors that served economic carriers, I say that it served in the past tense because it has been closed since the start of kovid and is little It is likely to reopen because there is a new terminal that will take over. older buildings, once it's complete, I don't think I'm the only one who thinks the new terminal looks like a frog from above, but regardless of its strange amphibious morphology, it will be a big improvement over the current buildings as of de After the publication of this video, the structure has completed major construction and will soon be in service today, although we will pass through T3, which is not so interesting, the only peculiarity is a US pre-clearance facility. , one of the few. scattered all over the world, however, today we are not going to the United States, but instead we are heading to the United Kingdom and with that our flight leaves in the afternoon, we will depart over the gulf and then go north along the Euphrates passing for the black sea ​​and most of mainland Europe to reach London just after sunset, covering a total of 3,430 miles in just under eight hours within the departure area, was in itself a big difference from the rest of the country in the sense that there was nothing special about it.

Somehow I get the feeling that they really just gave up on this building and are waiting for the new one to open. That said, if you travel in a premium cabin with Etihad you can use their VIP check-in area, but due to political reasons I wasn't allowed to film here, don't worry, you're not missing out on much. They had a couple of couches. That's all. For the same political reasons, border control and security personnel were not. I'm happy with my camera, admittedly quite flashy, and I was told to keep it off, obviously I didn't, but as a result this footage of the duty free area isn't very well shot, so forgive me once it's out of sight. security staff I was able to film a little more freely, not that there was much to see, most of this terminal was made up of these closed boarding gates, now this is quite common in this part of the world as many destinations including The UK requires secondary screening before boarding because they do not trust airport security.

Very close to my door was the entrance to the first class lounge, which was unfortunately closed, not that I was allowed in here anyway, thankfully I'm only in humble

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class. There was a room for the staircase and this one opened first. The space of this place was impressive and within that they filled it with very practical amenities. You won't see mini golf or petting zoo here. The floor plan is also divided into many smaller sections making the room feel quite cozy despite its size, there were many different seating options, for example this area next to the windows had more energetically red chairs and tables.

In back, larger, plush sofas fill the space more like what you'd traditionally consider. a lounge, some of the furniture looked quite worn but most importantly they were very comfortable to take a nap closer to the entrance, the buffet area was empty at the time of my visit. I'll get to that in a second, but next door was a The area with proper dining tables and seats that moved in the lounge had a proper

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center, impressively equipped with a variety of imacs and other modern instruments with which to conduct business. and whatever, and when I say modern instruments, what I really mean is that there was a printer, they also had something they called a studio, which was really just a strange concept in individualized television.

Going back to the food side, the buffets were no longer self-service. I mentioned that, but not all hope is lost for them. It had a pretty impressive selection of hot and cold meals made to order. If you don't have a proverbial bone to pick with the single-use containers, you can order as much as you want, of course it's all free, plus they had soft drinks too. juices and water with various levels of dissolved carbonation and some marginally interesting pastries, more excitingly the bar was open along with some pretty impressive physical distancing between stools, it was still as haram as ever with a pretty impressive selection of spirits and Champagne if you are more pious in your indulgence of course there are mocktails all with champagne, after a fortnight in Dubai I opted for a simple gin and tonic this time.

I didn't go crazy with the food either, opting for just some mezza, always a good determiner. The overall quality of the food was somewhere between a bakala and a supermarket, not really at the level of a restaurant here, after the quick snack I managed to take a nap in my memory, this place can get a little noisy with kids , but with the number of accounting outputs. On the one hand, that wasn't a problem at the time. I wanted to take a shower after my nap, but unfortunately the spa and showers were closed due to coronavirus. Lastly, the windows offered some pretty good views of the outside, but this was not the case.

On the outside I was expecting it, well thanks guys, take care, thank you very much, bye, overall it was a pretty solid room, but I'm interested to see what the new one will be like. It's okay, it's a little cold here, door 34. boards now I just took a little nap, that's very good if I sound a little lethargic and I'm a little slow to give you feedback, that's because I'm still very tired, don't worry , I have discovered the remedy for your fatigue syndrome and that is to simply do everything with voice over and with that here is our American made Boeing 787-10 that will take me and a third of a plane full of people to London , so Ethel had ordered a bunch of these.

I'm not sure if they will go ahead with all of them, but the return of the A380 is uncertain for the Abu Dhabi airline. These high-capacity Dreamliners may prove to be a good business option in the future. They have a ton of these too. 9 is a nice Dreamliner heavy fleet, I think it's safe to say everyone enjoys these clear jet bridges. I mean, I can't think of a reason why not, and on the topic of transparency, I know that Ettahad is known for enforcing its no-filming-on-board policy. I wrote in advance to ask for permission to film, they were strangely quick to grant said permission and, as these things happen, they invited me to board a little earlier than everyone else so I could get some shots of the cabin, although this doesn't change anything.

I'll still roast them if they deserve it, how are you? This is me, good morning or afternoon, thank you very much, okay, oh, this is me, okay, thank you very much on the board. Variant 10 of the 787 etherhunt has foregone first class altogether, instead filling the space between the first two sets of doors with 32 business studios and a layout shifted one by one between the aisles, the even numbered seats are situated next to each other, while the odd ones are further apart from each other, facing backwards and separated by this rather strange shape. geometry of the armrest console and side table.

Couples would definitely want to choose the seats with numbers divisible by two, even when they inevitably get tired of each other, they can always just lift the divider. Fournie's business studio seating at HUD has chosen the color palette. with creams and what I call mild diarrhea that go surprisingly well together, at least for me on the outside side, the seats alternate in their proximity to the window and the island with those closest to the aisle facing rear and the The actual window seats forward 10a is of this latter variety and will be my home for the next few hours as it has become a tradition, at this point let's take a thorough sea tour starting with the ife screen below which you will find a Oversized footwell that will come in handy and store everything.

The things you get, we'll come back to later. There is a storage space below this, useful for moving your shoes around on the plastic wall. There's a coat rack up here and the tray slides out of the partition like this. It is a single thick piece. It is not very adjustable but it gives you enough space to get up from your seat even when it is unfolded and it is quite easy to store, just put it back in its hole, thanks to that you will find a large console table with pre-take-off. champagne for scale on the top of the surface there is a touch screen control panel for seating and lighting adjustments, there is a panasonic midi remote control and USB type A charging ports in plural because there are two under the table, you will find some More physical buttons for quick seat adjustments and next to the seat there is a tastefully designed sconce that also contains a reading light under the armrest, you will find a literature pocket and in this partition there is a bottle holder and an armrest with headphone ports which slides out this way and the entire top opens up to reveal a storage copy in which you will find the noise canceling headphones provided and another bottle holder back here, lastly there is a universal power outlet on At the bottom, the seat itself features a seat belt shoulder strap for takeoff and landing, but otherwise has a corner cut from the bottom to fit into the space for the seats.feet, which makes it look like a kind of spatula.

The window side has this fairly long leather padded rail. I think it's supposed to be a lip that doubles as an awkward armrest. I was a little disappointed that there were no individual air vents, but being true Emiratis, the pilots blew up the air conditioning after takeoff, even during boarding it was still quite hot in the cabin, but that's where it comes in. I play the security card. At this point, I've completely run out of fun. Here's to your health and I hope you are all well, but some of you weren't expecting that so I was really hoping it would be a clear day for my flight as the departure to the north of the UAE features some of the spectacular views of the gulf, but unfortunately it was quite foggy and dusty, however, I did not want to stop showing them the coasts that defined my childhood.

I turned to technology for help again. Ok now that the seatbelt signs are off let's check out the wifi that etherhood has branded why fly more like wi-fly with such a cheesy branded airline am I right? Okay, I'll keep quiet regardless of the name of least effort. The wi-fi was actually quite reasonable in both price and speed. I got this 300 mag pack. which lasted me the entire flight, moving on, let's take a look at the amenity kits, yes, kits withAnd because nowadays you get a health kit in addition to the business class kit, how many times can I say kit in a video?

At least half a dozen more times. This travel kit includes a mask, some vinyl gloves, and a bottle that looks pretty swollen. of hand sanitizer and a hairnet, now you may be wondering, like me, what a hairnet is. I guess it makes more sense than a mask if you're wearing a face veil or a burqa or if you're skiing. Anyway, let's take a look at the proper toiletries kit provided by Aqua de Parma in this bombastic margarine yellow leather bag. The contents are a fairly simple body lotion, hand cream, and a small bottle of perfume. Additionally, you get an interhot brand dental kit and an unbranded black socks and visor, linen is provided and it comes in a plastic wrap package.

They seem to have removed the mattress protectors, at least on shorter flights nowadays, they just give you one big pillow and one thick one. blanket, continuing with the exciting things, the meal service, which is preceded by this extensive menu and I don't mean that the content is extensive, I mean that the thing itself is quite long, there were two hot meals on this flight and, Although I had a few options for main courses for both there was only a set menu for starters and desserts on the liquid side, the drinks selection was quite impressive. I ordered the cipriani bellini, but since they were quite popular, they didn't have any left when they got to me. so instead I ordered another gin and tonic, probably less sugar anyway, this was accompanied by warm nuts.

The gin was surprisingly good. I will definitely recommend her to my Alcoholics Anonymous friends. Well, in the main event, everything came on a platter, I'm not sure if. It's cost cutting in the name of the pandemic or what, but at least the portions were okay and the food quality is still top notch for my main course. I chose the braised sea bass, which was accompanied by a dessert of meza and bread slightly above room temperature, appetizer first. The selection was much better than the stuff on the floor and I didn't really care that the bread wasn't hot, no big deal, this spicy douma thing was pretty good, shame there was only one, the fish was impeccable, not too cooked inside. and crispy enough on the outside to keep the moisture in.

Very impressive being lunch, I chose the lighter option and I'm so glad I did, it was filling but didn't leave you bloated, which isn't much fun with such a tall wine. The crew kept flowing and encouraged me to try some. They were all very enthusiastic about alcohol, for some reason. This Salted Chocolate Raspberry Shortcake Mousse Cake was slightly fluffy and not too sweet. It was very good throughout the meal service. the flight attendants were very attentive making sure everyone was happy and absolutely tipsy after lunch. It's time for the obligatory bathroom tour, as this is one of the two front lava trees. notch with sleek surfaces and lighting, I'm glad they didn't go for the curved countertops and instead put in some usable counter space as far as airplane bathrooms go, this one has a pretty generous amount of space if You didn't know anymore.

Dreamliners have a touchless flush button and this one is no exception. They also have this pedal to open the trash can. Why don't all airplane bathrooms have this? Returning to my seat, let's take a quick look at the in-flight entertainment true to its name, the e-box system, presented as a series of boxes with the touchscreen just out of comfortable reach. Using the remote control is probably your best option. The user interface is very simple, responsive and easy to navigate. Going back to the remote for a second, you can flip through menus on the phone while the main screen does its job, there's no option to play media on the remote, but to be fair it's a useless feature, but what it isn't is the option to show the root map on the phone with the phone base facing the seat it is very convenient to see where you are at any given time going back to the content side the media catalog had a decent selection of contemporary and newly released movies, no It's nowhere near as extensive as the Emirates system, but the variety of different movies and TV shows from around the world means that any passenger from any of the locations on the hot flights should have no problem finding something enjoyable to watch.

There were also live TV channels to stream and an option to send random messages to strangers in different seats or even call them. I didn't test this feature, but it made me wonder if there is a microphone somewhere on the seat. The route map is provided by Panasonic's 3D flight map system included in the The airline's classic burgundy and dark orange color palette has all the features you'd expect, including a pointer to the Kaaba, but sadly there were no external cameras to talk about. Finally, let's take a look at the noise-cancelling headphones provided. They weren't the prettiest headphones. and they were pretty average in terms of comfort, noise cancellation and audio quality, so pretty much everything, but at least they fit on my giant head, which is more than I can say for other products that I still feel quite tired and not Help me.

Since I had consumed large amounts of wine I decided to take another nap and with that I turned my seat into a bed. The seat fabric was not the most comfortable to sleep on without a mattress topper but other than that the rest of the bedding was very nice. Lighting wasn't a problem and, being located further away from the island, it felt quite private. Personally, I like to sleep on my side and this was not a problem at all. The seat padding was thick and there was a surprisingly generous amount of space for your upper body, the blanket was also luxuriously heavy and, coupled with the powerful air conditioning, despite the lack of individual air vents, I had no Sleeping problems.

After a three-hour nap, I was gently woken up with a cup of tea for the second meal. service and for this I chose their unofficial signature steak sandwich. If you find yourself in business class on etherhod, do yourself a favor and order this as it has never let you down along with the sub. I was also served a ready-to-explode back of French fries or French fries. they say in the UK, as well as a chocolate marquis or a marquis as they say in the UK. I'm not sure the pronunciation comes from this was by no means the easy option, but I'm not the one lamenting about not planning to have dinner after landing, so I was very happy that they had been fed properly.

The quality of food on this flight was pretty phenomenal. Dare I say it was probably one of the best airplane meals I've had in 2020. After dinner, they gave me a quick access card which was very useful. for taking down someone's number, fast track on the other hand was not open at Heathrow at the time so it's okay, in Ettahad I have flown with this airline several times in the past and have had great experiences with them. Well, like some not so good ones, I guess it depends on the crew. The staff on this flight were very professional.

Clearly the airline trains their crew well, but they knew I was coming so I can't speak much about the service. Overall, I found the flight attendants not to be as interesting in terms of striking up a conversation as maybe in the Emirates or Qatar, but whether that's a good or bad thing is entirely up to you while we're on the topic of comparing ettaha to the other fields. important golf courses. Airlines I feel that Abu Dhabi airline has fallen a little behind the other players. I can't speak for the other cabins, but having flown with this business class product a few years ago, this time I noticed the cost reduction due to the elimination of the mattresses, pajamas and simplification of the menu and a little to reduce overhead costs These were measures introduced even before the pandemic hit, but having said all that, the business studios were still fantastic seats, immensely comfortable, spacious and private, however, the empty white walls left me a bit left.

Disappointed, especially considering this part of the world is famous for its tessellated patterns and highly decorative art. I feel like they could have added a little more creativity at the end of the day, which is by the way, now that the sun just caught you. I know what it doesn't matter what I mean is that there was very little else to criticize in the heat because they were serving proper meals on proper china with proper cutlery during a time when few other airlines were providing any proper service. The bed was very comfortable. I continued sleeping and arrived in London more energetic, less tired and fuller than I had left.

It was an immensely relaxing end to a crazy time in the UAE and a perfect transition back to the reality of life, work and freezing temperatures, ladies and gentlemen. That's all for this time, thanks for watching. I hope I was able to give you a proper insight into the etahad experience and many thanks to the team for putting up with my filming, but until next time, take care and have a safe trip.