Etihad Airways

EY407 BKK-AUH. Business. Rear cabin toilet appeared to be constantly locked. On enquiring was told that it was kept locked to stop economy class passengers from using it. Therefore had to ask when wanted to access the toilet. British crew particularly friendly. Usual high standard of service and menu.

EY404. Business class. AUH to BKK. Product seems much better then than - AUH product. B777-300 has larger PTV and has more storage flight seat pitch is bigger. Before take-off offered the option of pre-ordering drinks and meals. Dine anytime. As soon as at cruising height the drinks were dutifully served individually. Avoid row 11 as immediately in front of galley for economy class so very noisy. Served hot nuts choice of crab tian mezze parsnip and apple soup spiced land ouizi pan fried sturgeon tenderloins beef with red current jus. No complaints whatsoever although the amenity kits are now poor quality and basic no designer products.

MAN to AUH. Delayed landing due to fog so diverted to a regional airport after circling for a while. Plane needed refuelling and awaited weather improving. Once landed had to stay on plane but doors opened and soft drinks muffins and pastries supplied. Kept fully informed of situation by the pilot. PTV kept on and comedy sketch shows available. Delayed about an hour however whilst on board I received a text message from Etihad to inform me I would be transferred to another flight. On arrival at AUH boarding tickets awaiting us the next flight was held for us and our luggage even made the transfer. Completely efficient service. On board the meal selection in business consisted of anytime dining Aarabic mezze oven baked chicken! mushroom soup! chicken biryani! rack of lamb (exquisite) pan seared scallops tagliatelle cheeses desserts and ice cream. On board service excellent without being too intrusive.

NBO-AUH-BOM-AUH-NBO. A320 and 777-300ER respectively and vice versa in return. Flight was very comfortable with adequate leg space. Best was the IFE which had lots of choice of latest Movies and Songs. FA's were very beautiful helpful ever smiling and organised. All flights were on time and in fact arrived earlier than ETA. Will travel more often if this type of service continues.

Flew from Buffalo to Mumbai via Chicago and AUD. American Airlines from BUF to ORD. From previous experiences with BA and other better airlines I was carefree about connecting at ORD. Only to realize later that I had to go through another check-in at another terminal. Reaching the check-in counters there was a long queue. Apparently everyone was waiting to check-in. So even with the boarding passes I had of AA they meant nothing. Nowhere did anyone tell me about rechecking in. I waited patiently. Elderly passengers who were also connecting from different cities in the US were annoyed. A rude man walked up and asked everyone with AA boarding passes to queue up separately. I was to fit my industry standard carry-on bag in a non-industry standard bag frame. I was told that I will have to check my bag. Having already paid in Buffalo for excess luggage it seemed like a way of making money out of people's miseries. So apparently the check-in was another money collecting routine by the airline. Went through security again. By the time I reached the gate it was chaotic: noise and chaos galore. Onboard the seats were hard space was tight. FAs were nice and pleasant. Inflight entertainment was ok. Food service and drinks service was very good. Liked the fact that they had steel cutlery. Connecting at AUD was painful. Long walk. The walkways were not helpful. AUD to BOM flight was in a Jet Airways plane. The interiors were old. Run down. General drunk passenger. FA handled him courteously. Food was good again. Inflight Service was very good throughout. Will fly Etihad maybe Business/First because if you're Economy no one cares.

I recently travelled (Nov 24 2013) from Washington DC - Abu Dhabi - Hyderbad (India). The only problem I had on my journey is from the inlight staff. I was traveling with a six month old baby. In order to get a small cup of water I had to ask three times. The flight staff were not willing to offer any help when required and whenever I called for some help they never showed up. I hope this will be my last trip with this airline.

During my trip from Washington DC to Chennai the nightmare started in IAD when they forced us to remove things from hand luggage when the weight was 7.05 kg. I was asked to remove the 0.05 kg! I was travelling with my wife and two kids but were only carrying 2 carry on and two laptop bags and 3 check-in bags. so we rearranged things and were able to get it all through without throwing anything away. Then towards the end of the flight I went back to the kitchen area to get water the flight attendant couldn't find a cup and she just picked up a couple one of the two cups already had a little water in it. The flight between Washington DC and Abu-Dhabi is long. 13 hours going east and 15 hours going west. After a few hours the restrooms smell with water everywhere. Abu-Dhabi airport is horrible no trams/trains connecting the terminals. After 13 to 15 hours on the flight walking and standing in security lines - horrible experience.

Travelled to Australia in October it was a very enjoyable experience. Staff very pleasant and helpful good food and economy seats quite comfortable. It was our 6th trip to Australia and have got to say the best so far if possible will definitely go with them again and have already recommended the airline.

Brussels-Abu Dhabi-Bangalore November 9. One of the totally "I don't care about you" type of airlines. From Brussels to Abu Dhabi I tried to get a drink of water. Pressed the call button and someone came over after 30 minutes. Again about 2 hours before touch down pressed the call button. This time nobody even came by. Even after calling twice. Would never fly this airline again. I wonder how it could get a four star rating.

AMS-AUH 23/10 AUH-JNB. JNB-AUH 16/11 AUH-AMS 17/11. All was well but the seats are very small and totaly not fit for the European market. We are both 1.85 m. We have never had this before. We were sore when we arrived after 2 flights of 6 hours. The transfers in Abu Dhabi is not nice no seats to rest and very crowded.