{"id":222659,"date":"2024-10-18T10:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/222659\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T10:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:04:16","slug":"worlds-best-first-class-etihad-a380-the-residence-abu-dhabi-to-london-full-flight-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/222659\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Best First Class &#8211; Etihad A380 The Residence | Abu Dhabi to London (Full Flight Experience)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"World&#039;s Best First Class - Etihad A380 The Residence | Abu Dhabi to London (Full Flight Experience)\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n8ixXmGrfRU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWorld&#8217;s Best First Class &#8211; Etihad A380 The Residence | Abu Dhabi to London (Full Flight Experience)<\/p>\n<p>Today we will be flying from Abu Dhabi to London on Etihad Airways Airbus A380 &#8220;The Residence&#8221;, the best first class in the world.   <\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Flight information<br \/>\nAirline: Etihad Airways<br \/>\nBoarding date: August 2024<br \/>\nAircraft type: Airbus A380-800<br \/>\nClass: The Residence  (In fact, it&#8217;s a Beyond First Class)<br \/>\nSeat number: 1A<br \/>\nFlight number: EY17<br \/>\nAircraft number: A6-API<br \/>\nDeparture: Abu Dhabi, Zayed International Airport, 14:05 (Gate C29)<br \/>\nArrival: London, Heathrow Airport, 18:45<br \/>\nFlight duration: 7 hours 40 minutes<br \/>\nPrice: Announced at the end of the video<br \/>\nOfficial website: https:\/\/www.etihad.com\/<\/p>\n<p>\u30fbNumber of seats<br \/>\nUpper deck: 1 seat in The Residence, 9 seats in First Class Apartment, 70 seats in Business Class Studio<br \/>\nMain Deck: 415 seats in Economy<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Etihad and A380<br \/>\nEtihad Airways (Arabic: \u0634\u064e\u0631\u0650\u0643\u064e\u0629 \u0671\u0644\u0652\u0627\u0650\u062a\u0650\u0651\u062d\u064e\u0627\u062f \u0644\u0650\u0644\u0637\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0627\u0646) began operations in November 2003 and is the second largest airline in the United Arab Emirates after Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad currently operates a fleet of 85 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and operates more than 1,000 flights per week to more than 120 passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Its main hub is Zayed International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad means &#8220;union&#8221; or &#8220;unity&#8221; in Arabic, and represents the unity of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad has a total of 10 Airbus A380-800s and began commercial flights of the Airbus A380 in December 2014. The Airbus A380 was grounded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the COVID-19 pandemic subsided, the Airbus A380 resumed operations between Abu Dhabi and London on July 25, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Residence is the world&#8217;s only 3-room suite. It can accommodate one or two people in 125 square feet (11.6 m2).<\/p>\n<p>The living room features a 60.6-inch (154 cm) wide two-seater reclining sofa and a 32-inch (81 cm) TV monitor. The bedroom has an 82-inch (208 cm) long, 47.5-inch (121 cm) wide double bed, a 27-inch (69 cm) TV monitor, and previously had a personal butler.<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Hotel<br \/>\nName: Crowne Plaza London Heathrow T4<br \/>\nRoom: Club King Suite<br \/>\nPrice: 158.56 EUR \/ 171.64 USD<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Table of Contents<br \/>\n00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:48 Check-in<br \/>\n02:24 Abu Dhabi&#8217;s New Airport Terminal<br \/>\n03:17 VIP Private room for The Residence<br \/>\n09:41 First Class Lounge (Airbus A380 visible)<br \/>\n14:42 Boarding<br \/>\n16:11 The Residence &#8211; Private Living Room<br \/>\n21:46 Flight Route<br \/>\n22:44 Safety Video<br \/>\n23:46 Take off<br \/>\n26:20 In-flight Wi-Fi (free voucher available)<br \/>\n27:10 Wine List and Meal Menu<br \/>\n29:58 Seat Features<br \/>\n31:30 First In-flight Meal (after takeoff)<br \/>\n34:52 First Class Cabin<br \/>\n36:06 On-board Lounge<br \/>\n37:32 Large Amenity Pouch<br \/>\n39:20 Private Bathroom (On-board Shower Experience)<br \/>\n42:23 Private Bedroom<br \/>\n45:55 About Etihad Airways (history, aircraft fleet)<br \/>\n47:50 In-flight Entertainment<br \/>\n50:05 Second in-flight Meal (before arrival)<br \/>\n51:42 Landing<br \/>\n54:20 London Heathrow Airport (arrival assistance to baggage claim available)<br \/>\n56:40 Stay at an airport hotel<br \/>\n1:00:49 How to book, Cost<br \/>\n1:01:36 Return to Abu Dhabi on the A380 First Apartment<\/p>\n<p>#etihad #etihadairways #a380 #theresidence #firstclass #firstclassflight #etihada380<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World&#8217;s Best First Class &#8211; Etihad A380 The Residence | Abu Dhabi to London (Full Flight Experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17891,4829,46859,144408,144407,19983,179222,50,179221,1170,9843,52,53,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-222659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hotels","8":"tag-a380","9":"tag-agora-hotel-alliance","10":"tag-etihad","11":"tag-etihada380","12":"tag-etihadairways","13":"tag-firstclass","14":"tag-firstclassflight","15":"tag-japan-hotel-reviews","16":"tag-theresidence","17":"tag-ytccon","18":"tag-ytqualityhigh","19":"tag-52","20":"tag-53","21":"tag-51"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}