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#12
23rd August 2009, 08:39 PM
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Just got back from SYD/AUH/LHR and FRA/AUH/SYD with Etihad, economy (throw in a couple of Ryanair and an Air Malta for the intra-Eu sectors).
On one sector I had a seat in row 18 of the A340-600 which is an overwing exit and has LOTS of extra legroom, including in the middle block of four seats. This would be the best seat in economy although the arm rests are fixed for the tray table. Service good; food and IFE excellent. The forward camera is great for landing and takeoff (wasn't on for LHR landing which was a shame) and the down camera is also of some interest if you have a daytime sector over Europe. There is ac power available during cruise (between each seat below the cushions - from memory is was a universal two-pin adapter but take the Euro plug to be sure. Good to charge the iphone, camera batteries, etc. I would caution against gambling with overbooked economy as there was always a shambles with late arriving family groups not having seats together (which caused cultural/religious difficulties for most of them). The A340-500 this morning was somewhat cold for the whole flight but the usual blanket works well. Oh, and the loo has the best view  PS - I'm sure it's been mentioned many other times, but no way will I fly Ryanair if it could possibly be avoided. Biggest gripes - 15kg absolute max limit for checked bags, full overhead lockers and unreserved seating. Although the trumpet played for "on time" arrivals was cute. 
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11th April 2010, 07:26 PM
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Sorry to bump an old thread gents,
just got back from my honeymoon flying with them. the flight to Abu Dhabi from Sydney wasnt the best, maybe 1 or 2 spare seats in economy, row 17 we got, 18 was taken well before we checked in - doh! food was good, although compared to the later flights we had with EY, they seemed well short on staff. AUH to GVA was a bit better, more staff. We also flew Baboo!!! now that was pretty cool!! flew them to MXP via MRS in a dash 8. We flew from MXP to AUH and was quite empty, was in row 30 on a330-200 which is the start of where the airbus moves in. I moved into the middle row and had 4 seats to myself (hog!!) and the mrs stayed in 30a AUH to SYD - I counted 24 people in the rear economy cabin. bloody empty!!!!!shared a middle row with the mrs. again, food on all flights I couldnt fault. Only thing I could was they dont serve any bourbon so I had to have Ballentines scotch. IFE was pretty sweet too - the 10.5" screen is good. Overall, I certainly will fly with EY again, however at some stage will need to try EK to compare Cheers, Chris
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