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Inselaffen Aug 21st 2014 1:14 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by Debowing (Post 11376689)
Can I say that Gulf Air has improved a lot....

their a330 will be done by the time we fly with them in December. should be a big improvement.

busybee2 Aug 28th 2014 9:01 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by Pongo (Post 11332496)
For those of us from Scotland, Etihad have just announced an Abu Dhabi-Edinburgh route.

when from do you know?

Bluelionesse Aug 29th 2014 5:47 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by busybee2 (Post 11385334)
when from do you know?

June 2015 :)

busybee2 Aug 30th 2014 2:52 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by Bluelionesse (Post 11386281)
June 2015 :)

yep found it, apparently 8th june. i was hearing rumours about going to scotland, was hoping it was going to be aberdeen, as there are loads of peeps from that neck of the woods.

Brains1983 Aug 31st 2014 10:08 pm

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by busybee2 (Post 11387149)
was hoping it was going to be aberdeen, as there are loads of peeps from that neck of the woods.

nae happening. largest aircraft ABZ can handle is an A321. If Etihad tried to fly one of those from Abu Dhabi it would run out of fuel enroute...

Millhouse Aug 31st 2014 11:14 pm

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by Brains1983 (Post 11388706)
nae happening. largest aircraft ABZ can handle is an A321. If Etihad tried to fly one of those from Abu Dhabi it would run out of fuel enroute...

probably won't stop them trying.

busybee2 Sep 1st 2014 6:27 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by Brains1983 (Post 11388706)
nae happening. largest aircraft ABZ can handle is an A321. If Etihad tried to fly one of those from Abu Dhabi it would run out of fuel enroute...

i dunno abz have increased the international side of things etc so maybe in the future.

Bluelionesse Sep 1st 2014 6:28 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by busybee2 (Post 11389169)
i dunno abz have increased the international side of things etc so maybe in the future.

Unfortunately they need a longer runway and I think it will be quite a while til that happens!

busybee2 Sep 1st 2014 7:13 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by Bluelionesse (Post 11389170)
Unfortunately they need a longer runway and I think it will be quite a while til that happens!

maybe so.

busybee2 Sep 1st 2014 7:14 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 
but they did extend it back in 2011, still not long enough?

scrubbedexpat141 Sep 1st 2014 5:04 pm

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 

Originally Posted by busybee2 (Post 11389216)
but they did extend it back in 2011, still not long enough?

Length has never been an issue for me.

Dubaiexile Sep 1st 2014 10:48 pm

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 
Quite agree, airports are very efficient and clean, I travel to Dalian regular...always take the Emirates A380 flight to Beijing though, cannot be doing with China Southern on long haul again!! Although the baggage allowance on China Southern is great.
Baijio is an evil drink which like you they take great delight in trying to shove it down our throats, and the after taste is revolting I find.


Originally Posted by Tockalosh (Post 11365403)
For a further 10 days I am busy whizzing around China for the first time. It was never somewhere I wanted to go, guards in green chairman Mao era suits etc and to be honest I was dreading it and its shitty communist era aircraft but I have been totally won over with how ruthlessly efficient this place is especially the airports.

The immigration people are nice, the airports loos are clean, I have yet to see a chinese made car, everything is German with a few japenese, the road rules are generally abided by and the internal flights are clean, on time and enough seat pitch for a tall fat guy like me. I really like China, its airports and its airlines. Basic but efficient. And the shortest Daisy Dukes I have ever seen

Not sure about this Bai jo (no idea how you spell it) evil stuff I get offered multiple times every day.

Nothing to do with Etihad but I am waiting for the Bai Jo to wear off before going to sleep


Boomhauer Sep 4th 2014 5:10 am

Re: Emirates vs Etihad
 
Does Etihad pay their Asian cabin crew the same wage as their White cabin crew?


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