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Booked flights for SWMBO and I to South Africa over Dec/Jan.
Flying in Y, as can’t pony up the cash for Business.
Now, SWMBO was looking at Swiss and KLM (shudders for some reason) but I decided to give Etihad a shot – I have fond memories of Emirates before it went for mass transit and I seem to have a better experience with carriers based in the Middle and Far East….
Anyway, the point is this:
Research here suggests Etihad are moving to 10 abreast seating and using 773’s and have been in this move for a while now. However, conversations with the travel agent, the booking, route information etc that I can find suggests it is still (currently) a A330-200 on the MAN-AUH-JNB route at that time of of the year, with a rather joyous 2-4-2 seating layout rather than 3-4-3 in the 773.
Has anyone got any recent experience of the route, or flight number EY15/16 and EY601/602 that could shed any more light on the reality of the matter.
Having booked, we’re probably stuck with it now, but I was hoping to avoid 3-4-3 due to our generous build.
Flying in Y, as can’t pony up the cash for Business.
Now, SWMBO was looking at Swiss and KLM (shudders for some reason) but I decided to give Etihad a shot – I have fond memories of Emirates before it went for mass transit and I seem to have a better experience with carriers based in the Middle and Far East….
Anyway, the point is this:
Research here suggests Etihad are moving to 10 abreast seating and using 773’s and have been in this move for a while now. However, conversations with the travel agent, the booking, route information etc that I can find suggests it is still (currently) a A330-200 on the MAN-AUH-JNB route at that time of of the year, with a rather joyous 2-4-2 seating layout rather than 3-4-3 in the 773.
Has anyone got any recent experience of the route, or flight number EY15/16 and EY601/602 that could shed any more light on the reality of the matter.
Having booked, we’re probably stuck with it now, but I was hoping to avoid 3-4-3 due to our generous build.
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