EY004 Well, lets start with the aircraft for the scheduled flight from MUC to AUH.
Type: Airbus A330-300 Reg.: A6-AFA First Flight: 2009-12-02 (just a little under 7 years old) Paint scheme: "Visit Abu Dhabi 2016" - I think everyone on this side knows that paint scheme :)
Flight Times - Scheduled Departure: 09:45pm MUC Time - Actual Departure: 09:43 pm MUC Time - Scheduled Arrival: 07:00am AUH Time - Actual Arrival: 06:43am AUH Time
Pre Flight @ MUC Pictures taken before the flight.
EY004 Flight Ticket
A6-AFA at the gate in MUC Terminal 1
Emirates A380 during taxiing before flying home as EK52
LH was on strike during that week, so they had time to check their aircrafts - pretend to work, right? Luckily I chose EY over LH
Flight Pictures taken during the flight.
In flight magazines
Seat pitch - which was very very good! Overall the seat was very comfortable.
When we reached cruising altitude the cabin crew personal begun with dinner service
EY004 Menu
I took "Lamb mansaf" which was very good - first time lamb by my own choice
The flight was very unspectacular. There were some bumps over Turkey and entering Iran, but overall very very smooth and nothing to mention. I killed the time with reading and listening to music.
About 1.5h before landing a light snack was served - a muffin. Look, someone woke up and tried to steal my muffin :p
After the snack, we started to descend for landing @ AUH
And there it is. Yas Marina Circuit - the main reason for the trip.
Post Flight @ AUH Pictures taken after landing.
We landed a few minutes before scheduled arrival and taxied to a remote stand. The best traffic on earth - airplanes wherever you look Lots of work is going on @ AUH - unbelievable
It took some time to get out of the A330. So I watched the sun to rise up. Good morning and welcome to Abu Dhabi!
2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Last but not least, here are a few pictures from the weekend @ the Yas Marina Circuit.
Al Fursan Aerobatic Show
Look out A380 crossing :)
Finally after 2h of racing - Nico Rosberg was World Champion Everything went perfect!
And it continued like that. For the return flight an Airbus A340-600 was scheduled and I got one. More on that in the 2nd part. That was going to be my first ever A340-600 flight. I was on an A340-500 a few years back, when I flew with Emirates via DXB to SEZ (Seychelles International Airport).
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Verdict
Etihad Airways
8.5/10
Cabin9.0
Cabin crew8.0
Entertainment/wifi8.5
Meal/catering8.5
Munich - MUC
8.0/10
Efficiency8.0
Access8.0
Services8.0
Cleanliness8.0
Abu Dhabi - AUH
8.0/10
Efficiency8.0
Access8.0
Services8.0
Cleanliness8.0
Conclusion
Well what should I say? It was my first time with Etihad and I read a lot of reports here. EY fulfilled my expectations. The service was very good, the food was great and I don't know, I have nothing to criticize about.
The only thing that was disappointing was the immigration @ AUH. It took almost 1h! Yes, there were a lot of people but when I compare it with DXB - that is a huge difference.
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Thanks for this FR. Nice to have flown on the special livery 330 though the F1 340-600 would have been even better consdering the purpose of your trip ^^ Nice meals, I didnt't expect a "breakfast" to be served as EY does not seem to always offer a snakc on its Europe-AUH flights.
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Nice to have flown on the special livery 330 though the F1 340-600 would have been even better consdering the purpose of your trip ^^
Nice meals, I didnt't expect a "breakfast" to be served as EY does not seem to always offer a snakc on its Europe-AUH flights.
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