ETIHAD AIRWAYS BUSINESS CLASS

While in-flight amenities, service and entertainment available in Business Class are often comparable across airline carriers, the type of seat offered can vary significantly. Business Class seats can be categorized by one of the following descriptions:

The Pearl Zone in Etihad’s new fleet of aircraft — including the two-zone A330-200s, the A340-500s and the Boeing 777-300 ERs — brings new levels of comfort into the skies. The new Pearl Zone seat reclines 180 degrees into a fully flat, comfortable, 6 ft 1-inch Business Bed. With an 88-inch pitch and direct access to the aisle, the Pearl Zone seat offers plenty of space and privacy. For added comfort, each self-contained seat is equipped with individual lighting and a reading lamp. There’s also a built-in massage facility to help you relax. As a final touch, the revolutionary mood lighting system — synchronised with the time and duration of your journey — creates a soothing ambience that helps you arrive rested, refreshed and ready to make the best of your trip.

Foreign carriers also try to distinguish their food by offering items that reflect their cultural identity. Etihad Airways, a fast-expanding Abu Dhabi carrier, customizes its desserts by serving tiramisu laced with Arabic coffee and offers a main course of Nawabi mutton rice biryani with dry fruits, coriander and dal.

Waiting for your Etihad flight need not be a tiresome experience. We offer lounge facilities to our Diamond First and Pearl Business Guests at all the destinations we fly from. So, stop a while and relax.

At Abu Dhabi International Airport, our Diamond First and Pearl Business Guests can relax at the exclusive Etihad Premium Lounge. Elegant, warm and welcoming, the lounge offers all the comfort, space and facilities that you may require to make your journey through the airport a pleasant experience.

The lounge is well equipped with laptop connections, high-speed Internet access, and fax and telephone facilities. There’s also an excellent range of audio and video programmes to keep you entertained. And there’s a fine selection of refreshments and hot and cold buffet dishes to choose from.

Etihad Premium Lounge is situated on the first floor of the airport and offers a stunning view of the runway.

Packing for your flight can prove to be far less intimidating if you have the necessary information — what to carry, what not to carry, how much to carry, and so on.

To help you pack without stress for your Etihad flight, here’s some information on our baggage allowances and policies. To add that special Etihad touch, we’ve also thrown in a few tips to effective packing. Take a look.

The following are classified as carry-on items:

Our concern for your comfort begins from the moment you step into the airport, if not before. So we have the following facilities to make your check-in procedure as pleasant as can be:

• Dedicated check-in desks for all Guest Travel Classes at all destinations.
• Exclusive check-in facility for Diamond First and Pearl Business Guests at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
• Priority check-in for members of Etihad Guest Gold.

Find out more about checking in for your Etihad flight:

Find out more about checking in for your Etihad flight:

As a guest based in or travelling through the UAE, you have the luxury of checking in at either of our two city check-in facilities — one in downtown Abu Dhabi and the other in Dubai. With this service, we bring you a host of attractive benefits:

• It saves your time. Check in at the city terminals anytime from 24 to 4 hours prior to your flight and arrive at the airport just in time for departure as per the specified boarding time.
• It's a stress-free experience. The city check-in provides a relaxed atmosphere, far removed from the rush at the airport.
• It gives you more choice. When you check in early, you get a chance to even choose your preferred seats.
• It's ideal if you are travelling in a large group and want to avoid any last-minute stress.

Etihad Chauffeur, our premium limousine service, creates a unique door-to-door experience for our Diamond First and Pearl Business Guests and a luxury coach service for our Coral Economy Guests.

With a fleet of luxury cars, we now offer the same level of service and comfort on the road that you are used to on our aircraft. Enjoy the comfort of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW 7 series or similar and relax on the journey with mineral water and the day’s newspapers, available in the chauffeur.

Our Premium Guests can currently enjoy this courtesy service in the United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Thailand, Germany, Ireland and Australia, soon to be extended to other destinations of our growing network.

Absolute state-of-the-art On-Demand Panasonic In-Flight Entertainment is available to all Premiere passengers. Featuring a 15.4 inch flat LCD screen and over two hundred hours of Hollywood and Bollywood moves, international cinema and Indian regional films, television and short programming, the IFE also includes a library of text and audio summaries of over 100 management books. Audio CDs of every imaginable music genre and the Berlitz World Traveller an application that helps teach over twenty foreign languages. Premiere passengers on Jet Airways will be spoilt for choice.