4k Trip Report and Review on board an Etihad Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner from Jakarta to Abu Dhabi.
Hi there! My name is Kevin and today we will take a look my business class trip from Jakarta to Abu Dhabi on board a sleek 787-9. We will take a look at the Jakarta Airport experience, talk about Etihad’s (surprising) Financials, check out the aircraft & seat in detail, explore all of the food on board, go through all of today’s amenities and then of course wrap it all up with The Flip Flop Score.
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Airfare (CGK-AUH-MXP): $1036 USD
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—Video Chapters—
0:00 Flight Preview
00:23 Intro
00:34 Welcome to Traffic in Jakarta
00:52 Terminal 3 Exterior, Arrival
01:10 Three Star Airport
01:33 Check In Counters
01:58 Terminal 3 Walk Through
02:05 Etihad’s Return to Profitability
02:43 Plane Spotting
03:20 Our Gate, Ready Early
03:30 Our Aircraft, First View
03:48 Heading to the Lounge
04:00 Poor Plaza Premium Lounge
04:21 Plane Spotting from Lounge
04:35 Walking to the Organized Gate
04:57 Today’s Flight Stats
05:08 Boarding
05:35 Through the Jet Bridge
05:58 Walking Onboard, First Impressions
06:26 Cabin & Seat Details (Graphic)
06:44 Detailed Seat Measurements
07:00 Cabin & Seat Views
07:27 Amenities at Seat Upon Boarding
07:46 QSuites Inspiration
07:55 Seat Features
08:47 Covid Amenity Kit
09:05 Pillow & Blanket
09:19 Acqua di Parma Amenity Kit
09:40 Giant Foot Cubby
10:02 Stealing Knee Width
10:19 No Overhead Vents
10:41 Pushback & Taxi Route
10:57 Crazy Storm Clouds, Take off Route
11:14 Spool up & Take off
11:44 Take off View #2, City Lights
12:02 Our Route Across India
12:12 My $10 Bottle of Merlot
12:30 Full Menu & Wine Prices
12:45 Starter: Arabic Mezze (Good!)
13:12 Main: Shrimp Biryani (Bad!)
13:25 Fruit, Cheese & Port (Gross Jam)
13:44 Jackfruit Pudding
13:59 Bathroom Amenities
14:10 Foot Pedal!!
14:20 In Flight Entertainment Selections
14:45 Waking Up, Coffee Service
14:55 Chicken & Roasted Vegetable Sandwich (Great!)
15:11 Approach into Abu Dhabi
15:32 Landing & Taxi to Holding
15:52 Arrival
16:08 The Flip Flop Score
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This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that’s the way I like it!
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36 Comments
I always thought the Gulf state airways were a disaster waiting to happen (too much capacity, lack of originating pax in the Gulf) Of course, when you have a government willing to throw money at you, it makes it fun. There early strategy was also tried by Swissair, and we saw what happened there.
Excellent seat lay out much better than that of Qatar "Airline of the year"
Haha not a better way to describe Etihad nowadays then "mild pleasure", I flew this same aircraft on IAD-AUH in July, pretty long flight which ended up being lackluster, ran out of the arabic mezze before they got to me so had to settle with a cold shrimp appetizer; also the bed is really firm, so even more disappointing on such a long flight was a lack of bedding and/or mattress pad. Service was pretty robotic and to me great service can cover for the rest of the product deficiencies, but in this case it didn't- was left with a "meh" unfortunately.
Great content ❤️❤️. Regards from SA🇿🇦🇿🇦
Your sarcasm is legendary😂😂😂
this was a lovely flight review.I think that Etihad is number three behind Qatar and Emirates.
14:18 NO FLIP FLOPS EXPOSED🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
I remembered the first long haul business class i flew was Etihad, a330 from hkg to auh, and 787 from auh to zrh. Boy, the business class product was indeed a huge difference. But I was just so happy that I could finally afford to fly business class!
Loved how detailed this review is, you just got a new subscriber. If possible could you try reviewing gulf air? It's often looked down upon, I personally think it's a very underrated airline. Cheers
Great video Etihad looks like it's on the come up, happy to see. Aloha from Hawaii
Regarding Jakarta's notorious traffic, actually you can use the airport express train to get to the airport from city center and vice versa. Been following your series since the latest Bali series, and it's all great! Keep it up 👍
This mediocre flight was better than I expected since I'd been anticipating something worse. Bet those Turkish passengers were envious. (From personal experience, I can say with confidence that I've never met a pomelo I didn't like. 😀)
Thank you again for a great review! Having just flown Qatar in business class, this video didn’t convince me to try them in the near future. Some of your remarks cracked me up, such a pleasure to watch! Hope you surpass the 25.000 subscribers mark before the end of the year, your channel absolutely deserves it! 🙏🏼
wow. that doesn’t look splurge worthy at all. good to know
Dude in the hot pink shirt with popped collar bumped his head, hahah 🙂
Do you have any insider information as to when the midfield terminal in AUH will open? 😅
complain much!?!
Thank for video
Haven’t even watched but am confident this is great. Thanks keep up the work kevin
"cut in line by someone half my age and probably twice as important"
🤣🤣🤣
So sad to see the line jumping VIP have to wheel his own suitcase at the end of the video rather than relying on ground crew as at boarding. 😢
LOL, one year ago I was exactly there doing that. Our flight was late at night, the lounge was empty but food was really bad. Still, we could take a shower and change our clothes for the flight after a long day traveling to Jakarta. Cabin was also half empty and we really enjoyed the flight, with nice dinner, although breakfast was horrible. Overall, a great flight, and we loved the discreet service. Still preferring Emirates A380 with the lounge, anyhow, especially when traveling with children.
Etihad could have well utilised those elsewhere invested and lost fortunes to start a budget airline which may be named Abu Air
Or Arab Air.
By the by the prawns biriyani is the most sought after in Asia.
You have a great eye for detail, which makes your videos engaging, amusing and perhaps just a little brutal. Keep it up!
It's true you have to pay for Skytrax rating.
Love Etihad it's my second favourite airlines behind Emirates .. and also love Abu Dhabi .. always waiting for your reviews
Thank You for sharing this lovely well edited informative video.
Thank you for the review but tbh you complain too much.
I notice lounges in Jakarta are generally lackluster if not abysmal. Probabaly with the exception of Garuda lounge. And I suspect it's actually by design from the airport authority.
You sound snobby to me,…but I'm an economy flyer and very used to being treated like a sardine aft in the aircraft.
I like your humor. Keep it up 👌
You just gotten a new subs. Love your sarcasm. Keep it up
T3 has terrible AC.
Ex Jakartan and now living full time in Bali here. Thanks for these insightful reviews. I particularly enjoy seeing the retail price of the alcoholic beverages so I know what to shoot for to get my $'s worth on these flights. Looking forward to seeing more content!
Agreed that the lounge is quite small and hot, in fact the whole T3 is hot due to its horrible AC system. But for me, the food was decent
Lol…competing against Emirates! No way will they succeed by just throwing money everywhere, and am happy they learnt their lesson. Emirates is a forward looking innovative company and grew step by step over the years. Just jumping up one day and throwing money to buy planes and routes won't get you anywhere.