Etihad Airways Launches Daily Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Flights to Singapore

Etihad Airways has launched daily Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flights to Singapore.

Flight EY470 departs Abu Dhabi at 22:00 and touches down at Singapore’s Changi Airport at 10:15 the following day. The return flight EY473 departs Changi Airport for Abu Dhabi at 20:10 to arrive in the UAE capital at 23:45 local time.

Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, said, “The Etihad Airways B787-9 Dreamliner is the most customised aircraft of its kind in the sky. The ground-breaking, next-generation First Suites, Business Studios and Economy Smart Seats offer a superior level of luxury and comfort and will transform the inflight experience. Never before has the airline had such a compelling proposition nor been as strong a competitor in the Singapore travel market.”

Mr Hogan also highlighted the airline’s Singapore flight timings and better connectivity to the network via the Abu Dhabi hub.

“With evening departures in both directions, we offer our guests in the UAE and Singapore more convenient travel times and improved connectivity to 35 destinations in the GCC, Middle East, Africa and Europe. This includes seamless connections to our flagship A380 services to London enabling guests to experience the luxurious First Apartment and The Residence, the world’s first private three-room cabin on a commercial airliner,” he said.

Etihad Airways’ Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner carries 235 guests – eight in First Class, 28 in Business Class and 199 in Economy Class.

First Class guests experience luxurious private suites with a large, Poltrona Frau leather-upholstered seat and ottoman, a personal wardrobe, chilled mini-bar, a 24-inch TV monitor and centre seats which can be joined to create a double bed. A professional onboard Chef offers First Class guests a bespoke dining experience, preparing fine cuisine inflight from a pantry of fresh produce.

Business Class guests can enjoy the comfort and space of the airline’s new Business Studios, each offering direct aisle access, a fully flat bed of up to 80.5 inches in length, and a personal 18-inch touch screen TV with noise-cancelling headsets. Food and Beverage Managers, handpicked from some of the world’s best restaurants, oversee the service of a ‘dine anytime’ a la carte and snack menu in the Business Class cabin and can recommend the perfect accompaniment from the airline’s boutique inflight cellar.

In Economy Class, the innovative Economy Smart Seat provides enhanced comfort with an ergonomic ‘fixed wing’ headrest on each seat, a 32-inch seat pitch and a 6-inch recline. Passengers can enjoy more than 750 hours of on demand entertainment on a large 11.1-inch HD screen with an intuitive interface and video touch screen handset.

Etihad Airways’ order for two variants of the B787 (-9 and -10), is one of the world’s largest for the type, totalling 71 aircraft.

The airline currently operates its B787-9s to Washington DC, Zurich and Brisbane, with new destinations being added as it takes delivery of more of the aircraft type. The airline will also begin taking delivery of B787s in a two-class configuration from 2016.

The wide-body Boeing 787-9 is a stretched version of the advanced medium to long-range twin engine B787-8, with a range of up to 8,300 nautical miles and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85. It is 206 feet in length and has a wingspan of 197 feet.