And there are two shower attendants who keep the rooms clean throughout the flight. Of course, once we were in the air I wanted to check out the shower spa as soon as possible.ĭuring the ‘orientation process’ on the ground, a flight attendant explained that there would only be four of us in the cabin today so there’s be no difficulty having a shower at whatever time we wished. It was almost sensory overload.īefore I knew it we were headed out to taxi and take off. I spent the entire time between boarding and takeoff exploring the suite and marveling at all of the goodies being handed out. That’s not all of the products you get, though, because the seat itself also comes with amenities stocked.Īnd booklets were distributed describing the shower spa. And one important thing to note - there’s so much swag in first class on Emirates for long haul that they give you a branded bag for it all. I began the flight with a glass of champagne. There’s an orchid placed in the suite, and a snack basket provided pre-departure (which is then taken away for takeoff, and return afterward). Beside it is a lamp, which is actually fairly classy (not something I associate with an otherwise ‘tricked out’ product). The suite has a retractable lighted vanity mirror in front of a large video monitor. I’ve always assumed Etihad did this because Emirates has something like it. But there it is.Įtihad’s minibar, in contrast, just has sparkling and still water (which gets pretty warm) and a couple of packaged snacks. If you’re a first class passenger, you shouldn’t need to get your own beverages. The seat has a minibar with non-alcoholic beverages. I found the suite itself well-provisioned, certainly, but also comfortable. The doors aren’t high enough that flight attendants can’t see in, but they create tremendous privacy from your neighboring passengers. In fact, the closet you can put clothes into on the side of the suite just opens up into space in the suite itself, it’s not even really separate.Īs a starting point, they have doors. And they make really good use of the space.
What they are, though, is fully ‘tricked out’. The Qantas A380 first class seats, though densely packed, are more spacious on the aircraft’s lower deck.īy comparison Emirates’ suites, while more than ‘sufficient’ aren’t actually that ‘generous’. The Singapore Airlines A380 suites are 4-across on the lower deck. And it’s not as though I’ve even yet flown the Etihad A380 ‘First Apartment’ that’s 2-across with a single aisle instead of 4-across on the A380 upper deck. Granted these are suites, and plenty of personal space for a commercial airplane. And the first thing that struck me? That’s a lot of first class seats in not that much space. Soon enough I was onboard the upper deck of the Emirates A380. Once our boarding passes were scanned we headed into the elevator and down to the departures level where we’d board the upper deck of the A380. But we had an agent for our own gate, and a security staffer beyond the gate who merely stood there and didn’t check any passengers at all. Now, there were only going to be four of us in first class on this flight. We boarded from the first class lounge, which is to say that there’s a gate area inside the lounge and an agent staffs it.
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Male Domestic Lounge and Maldivian, Male – Kooddoo, plus boat transfer to the Park Hyatt.Etihad Business Class, Abu Dhabi – Male.Etihad’s new business class lounge, Abu Dhabi.Premier Inn, Abu Dhabi International Airport.Etihad First Class, Los Angles – Abu Dhabi.Star Alliance first class and business class lounges, LAX.I don’t know how circumstances colluded to keep me from flying Emirates first class onboard the A380 for so long, but I was finally going to get to experience this much vaunted product. I don’t remember the last time I was almost giddy to board an airline. It was after 2 o’clock in the morning, but I admit I was excited.
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