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Etihad Airways Diamond First Class – With Video
by Continental Club on December 30, 2013 | 2 comments • Tagged as: Etihad, Etihad Airways, Etihad Diamond First Class, Etihad First Class
If you thought that ritzy, glitzy Dubai was the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, then you’d be wrong. And if you thought that the national airline of the UAE was based there too then you’d score ‘nil points’ on that quiz question as well.
In fact, it’s Abu Dhabi that holds the capital city honour, and Etihad Airways that flies the flag as the UAE’s national airline.
Established by royal decree in 2003, Etihad has become the world’s fastest growing airline serving destinations in 54 countries – including London Heathrow and Manchester in the UK.
It’s a three-class airline, and markets a specific name for each cabin class: Coral Economy; Pearl Business Class and Diamond First Class.
For our first ever flight with the airline, we aimed high – and our journey to Abu Dhabi was booked in Diamond First on the overnight EY4 from Munich’s Franz-Josef Strauss Airport.
British Airways Boeing 787 Unveiled At Newcastle Airport
by Continental Club on August 8, 2013 | One comment • Tagged as: BA 787, BA Dreamliner, Boeing 787, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, British Airways Boeing 787, British Airways Boeing 787 Club World, British Airways Boeing 787 World Traveller Plus, British Airways Dreamliner, British Airways Dreamliner Cabins, British Airways Dreamliner Seats
Less than a week after the first passengers boarded the inaugural commercial flight of British Airways’ new Airbus A380 aircraft, Newcastle International Airport welcomed the airline’s other new addition to the fleet – the Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’.
The visit to the North East England regional airport represented the first port-of-call on a round-Britain tour of British Airways’ domestic airports, and the start of a day which would see customer passengers boarding a BA 787 flight for the very first time.
Prior to landing in Newcastle, the aircraft overflew the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby, to mark the contribution made by the company’s workforce to the design, development and construction of the two Trent 1000 engines which power the 787. A Rolls-engined WWII Spitfire joined in the flypast.
British Airways Airbus A380 First Commercial Flight Video
by Continental Club on August 2, 2013 | 3 comments • Tagged as: Airbus A380, British Airways A380, British Airways A380 On Board Video, British Airways A380 Video, G-XLEA
The majority of passengers who had dragged themselves to Terminal 5 for this morning’s 06:45 BA902 departure to Frankfurt were in for a super-sized surprise, when the aircraft waiting at gate C63 was British Airways’ brand new Airbus A380 aircraft.
Instead of the scheduled Boeing 767, one of the longest-serving types on BA’s current books, there was a definite ‘new-plane smell’ to greet the bleary-eyed travellers as they crossed the air bridge threshold and stepped aboard G-XLEA.
At the gate, those who had failed to notice the size of their waiting craft beyond the soaring panes of T5’s windows were handed a letter from the airline, welcoming them on board this first commercial flight of an aircraft that marks the most visible beginning of a major fleet renewal.
