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Cons: Missing a bag , longer wait time at Abu Dhabi

Pros: It’s OK

Cons: Need improvements

Pros: Amazing crew and excellent food and beverage choices

Cons: There was a delay of more than 1 hour.

Pros: I had a cheap ticket and expected much less, but food was great, crew was creat, boarding was easy.

Cons: The boarding was on small plane parked far away from the terminal and we had such a long bus ride I started to think "what is going on"...

Pros: Seats are wider apart than usual, leaving comfortable space for legs in economy class. The crew is really attentive and nice

Pros: Excellent crew and great food.

Pros: The crew was amazing. Food was great. Clean bathrooms. Great entertainment.

Cons: We had our passports and boarding passes checked five times in the course of 2 minutes by five different people one after the next. My cabin luggage was searched right before boarding. I appreciate the need for security, but that was excessive and unnecessary. In the peak of the Corona virus craze, the security made all passengers take off shoes and walk without any protection. This is not Qatar Airways doing - New York JFK security B S, but I am sure airways companies have some say to change it.

Pros: I love your hostesses

Pros: Nothing really, seats were to close to each other and it was a painful flight for 20 hrs

Cons: Leg-space between seats specifically when the person in front of you reclines

Pros: I understand why this airline is ranked very high. The food was very good, the seats have more legroom even in coach and the movie selection was good.

Cons: The plane was about 1/4 full. Not that that's bad I just thought it should be mentioned.

Pros: Everything was very good and comfortable. I really enjoyed my journey. Thanks.

Cons: Flight was a little long!

Pros: Good

Cons: Good

Pros: Excellent crew and great food.

Pros: N

Pros: The planes were clean and well maintained. The eye masks were cool - reversible with writing to do not disturb or wake for food.

Cons: Staff all seemed like they didn’t want to be there. A menu for the food options so you know what you are choosing from - the staff didn’t know what they were serving. A snack/drinks bar to help yourself when you need through the flight.

Pros: The seat. The BC lounge , the A380 BC. The food the service all ex excellent !

Cons: The crew wasn’t friendly at all, not personal at all , I even brought chocolates all the way from California and only got a thank you from one cabin crew. Not friendly or personal at all

Pros: Crew members were very helpful and pleasant. The food was excellent and nicely served.

Cons: The lie flat seats were narrow and not very comfortable.

Cons: 1. The crew from Abu Dhabi to Belgrade was appalling. As we touched down at Belgrade Tesla airport, and were still taxiing, many passengers stood up, opened up the overhead compartments, took out their carry-on bags (some were pretty big hard top) and left it on the aisle. The overhead compartment doors were left open and once or twice the crew at the back murmured them to sit on their seats and strap themselves. But neither did the crew come up to severely reprimand them nor did the passengers seem to care. IT WAS THE MOST SHOCKING EXPERIENCE in my over 25 years of flying. Terrible service on part of Etihad Crew. 2. We'd just an hour's transit in Abu Dhabi airport and there were numerous passengers still trying to disembark from the Kochi-Abu Dhabi flight, pass through security checks, walk quite a distance to the gate and then get on to the bus to board the aircraft. Strangely there was no Etihad personnel helping us to navigate through this absolute chaos. Many people, young and old, were literally running with their bags. Some of us yelled that we'd a short connection and then one of the ground staff tried to make way for us to navigate through the huge queues waiting for security. This process could've been managed infinitely better. Just imagine if there were elderly passengers or little children? 3. Food was terrible. I'm a vegetarian and usually Asian vegetarian is reasonably good. In this case the rice was poorly cooked (grainy), lacked any variety (anybody who's familiar with Asian food can assure you that there're amazingly tasty and healthy vegetarian dishes that can be prepared - if Etihad needs help they're welcome to contact me). I'm surprised by all this. Try Emirates and one can see the quality of the food. 4. We'd to collect our boarding passes at Belgrade airport. We've a carte de legitimation (CDL) residence card for Switzerland but it seemed obvious that the ground staff at Belgrade have no clue what a Swiss CDL looks like. My wife who's a South African national cannot obviously enter Switzerland without a visa but the CDL is a legitimate document and that should have been it. Further we'd been checked in from Kochi to Zurich (and our bags had been checked through to ZRH). It's obvious that Belgrade staff are poorly trained and it caused unnecessary waiting time (nearly 30 minutes) and senior staff had to be summoned to clarify. I'm terribly disappointed with the overall service of Etihad. I'll never fly through Belgrade for sure. It's horrible and the travel desk were not particularly helpful. In fact I'm considering never to fly Etihad again.

Pros: Everything was very good and comfortable. I really enjoyed my journey. Thanks.

Pros: Staff were very good . Business class very comfortable. I had low salt menu which was very comforting to be able to choose as salt not good for me.

Pros: The crew was amazing. Food was great. Clean bathrooms. Great entertainment.

Cons: We had our passports and boarding passes checked five times in the course of 2 minutes by five different people one after the next. My cabin luggage was searched right before boarding. I appreciate the need for security, but that was excessive and unnecessary. In the peak of the Corona virus craze, the security made all passengers take off shoes and walk without any protection. This is not Qatar Airways doing - New York JFK security B S, but I am sure airways companies have some say to change it.

Cons: Food

Cons: 1. The crew from Abu Dhabi to Belgrade was appalling. As we touched down at Belgrade Tesla airport, and were still taxiing, many passengers stood up, opened up the overhead compartments, took out their carry-on bags (some were pretty big hard top) and left it on the aisle. The overhead compartment doors were left open and once or twice the crew at the back murmured them to sit on their seats and strap themselves. But neither did the crew come up to severely reprimand them nor did the passengers seem to care. IT WAS THE MOST SHOCKING EXPERIENCE in my over 25 years of flying. Terrible service on part of Etihad Crew. 2. We'd just an hour's transit in Abu Dhabi airport and there were numerous passengers still trying to disembark from the Kochi-Abu Dhabi flight, pass through security checks, walk quite a distance to the gate and then get on to the bus to board the aircraft. Strangely there was no Etihad personnel helping us to navigate through this absolute chaos. Many people, young and old, were literally running with their bags. Some of us yelled that we'd a short connection and then one of the ground staff tried to make way for us to navigate through the huge queues waiting for security. This process could've been managed infinitely better. Just imagine if there were elderly passengers or little children? 3. Food was terrible. I'm a vegetarian and usually Asian vegetarian is reasonably good. In this case the rice was poorly cooked (grainy), lacked any variety (anybody who's familiar with Asian food can assure you that there're amazingly tasty and healthy vegetarian dishes that can be prepared - if Etihad needs help they're welcome to contact me). I'm surprised by all this. Try Emirates and one can see the quality of the food. 4. We'd to collect our boarding passes at Belgrade airport. We've a carte de legitimation (CDL) residence card for Switzerland but it seemed obvious that the ground staff at Belgrade have no clue what a Swiss CDL looks like. My wife who's a South African national cannot obviously enter Switzerland without a visa but the CDL is a legitimate document and that should have been it. Further we'd been checked in from Kochi to Zurich (and our bags had been checked through to ZRH). It's obvious that Belgrade staff are poorly trained and it caused unnecessary waiting time (nearly 30 minutes) and senior staff had to be summoned to clarify. I'm terribly disappointed with the overall service of Etihad. I'll never fly through Belgrade for sure. It's horrible and the travel desk were not particularly helpful. In fact I'm considering never to fly Etihad again.

Pros: comfortable

Cons: No screens or headphones on board, you had to download an app on your phone and use your own earphones to watch a very limited amount of films/tv shows. Very tight seats, not reclining enough. It was like being on a low cost flight but for 5 hours. Very uncomfortable.

Pros: Ok

Cons: Comfort

Pros: Crew and seats

Cons: Sound system,, entertainment system should not be turned off 25min before landing

Pros: Mango juice was good. Food was good. Crew was friendly and fast.

Cons: More leg room please. Better entertainment. More reclining of seats required. Softer seats.

Pros: Good crew that did a fine job in accommodating economy customers during a two hour delay.

Cons: No seat back entertainment, but this is perfectly fine considering it was an Airbus A320 on a 3 hour red-eye flight.

Pros: Business Class Seats were comfortable

Pros: The crew was impeccable , but unfortunately no character , no personality or friendliness . Very stoic and good as far as service. But not friendly at all . And I was in BC, brought them chocolates and e everything

Cons: The crew could be more friendly , more personal

Pros: Ok

Cons: Comfort

Pros: Super easy check in. Good air hosting staff.

Cons: Same as ALWAYS - Beijing baggage pickup is an absolute joke. Takes forever and it is generally mayhem in the baggage hall. They really need to get ahold of this space and the behaviour of Chinese travelers.

Cons: The Seats were really old and no new movies

Cons: Off boarding in Abu Dhabi

Pros: Nothing

Cons: The seat were not adjustable and the snake were poor and no entertainment on board ... poor boarding with buses and arrived with buses

Cons: 1. The crew from Abu Dhabi to Belgrade was appalling. As we touched down at Belgrade Tesla airport, and were still taxiing, many passengers stood up, opened up the overhead compartments, took out their carry-on bags (some were pretty big hard top) and left it on the aisle. The overhead compartment doors were left open and once or twice the crew at the back murmured them to sit on their seats and strap themselves. But neither did the crew come up to severely reprimand them nor did the passengers seem to care. IT WAS THE MOST SHOCKING EXPERIENCE in my over 25 years of flying. Terrible service on part of Etihad Crew. 2. We'd just an hour's transit in Abu Dhabi airport and there were numerous passengers still trying to disembark from the Kochi-Abu Dhabi flight, pass through security checks, walk quite a distance to the gate and then get on to the bus to board the aircraft. Strangely there was no Etihad personnel helping us to navigate through this absolute chaos. Many people, young and old, were literally running with their bags. Some of us yelled that we'd a short connection and then one of the ground staff tried to make way for us to navigate through the huge queues waiting for security. This process could've been managed infinitely better. Just imagine if there were elderly passengers or little children? 3. Food was terrible. I'm a vegetarian and usually Asian vegetarian is reasonably good. In this case the rice was poorly cooked (grainy), lacked any variety (anybody who's familiar with Asian food can assure you that there're amazingly tasty and healthy vegetarian dishes that can be prepared - if Etihad needs help they're welcome to contact me). I'm surprised by all this. Try Emirates and one can see the quality of the food. 4. We'd to collect our boarding passes at Belgrade airport. We've a carte de legitimation (CDL) residence card for Switzerland but it seemed obvious that the ground staff at Belgrade have no clue what a Swiss CDL looks like. My wife who's a South African national cannot obviously enter Switzerland without a visa but the CDL is a legitimate document and that should have been it. Further we'd been checked in from Kochi to Zurich (and our bags had been checked through to ZRH). It's obvious that Belgrade staff are poorly trained and it caused unnecessary waiting time (nearly 30 minutes) and senior staff had to be summoned to clarify. I'm terribly disappointed with the overall service of Etihad. I'll never fly through Belgrade for sure. It's horrible and the travel desk were not particularly helpful. In fact I'm considering never to fly Etihad again.

Cons: No screens or headphones on board, you had to download an app on your phone and use your own earphones to watch a very limited amount of films/tv shows. Very tight seats, not reclining enough. It was like being on a low cost flight but for 5 hours. Very uncomfortable.

Pros: N/A

Cons: Boarding was very poorly managed. Did not board using zones and kept standing for up to 30-40 mins on the aero bridge.

Pros: Crew members were very helpful and pleasant. The food was excellent and nicely served.

Cons: The lie flat seats were narrow and not very comfortable.

Cons: 1- To present more than 2 choices of meals, either the main meals or snacks, like Kuwait

Pros: I slept. Food was fine even though I forgot to order vegetarian. Movie selection seemed extensive too.

Cons: No a lot.

Pros: The crew was impeccable , but unfortunately no character , no personality or friendliness . Very stoic and good as far as service. But not friendly at all . And I was in BC, brought them chocolates and e everything

Cons: The crew could be more friendly , more personal

Pros: The food was good

Cons: The chair is crazy small and tide was really not comfortable at all . I wish they could make it a little bit bigger

Pros: Business Class Seats were comfortable

Pros: Great flight....enjoyed it thoroughly.....

Pros: yes to both.

Cons: Wine list was poor. Enough of a premium is built into the business class fare to get some decent wines onto the list. Coffee is not so good either.

Cons: Slight inconvenience having to wait for a connecting flight, which delayed our arrival plans at the destination....

Cons: Sure

Pros: did not get the flight,because of no not given correct notice

Cons: don't know,flight missed..virgi s fault 100%

Pros: The seat 21A was absolutely horrid inducing claustrophobia due to limited space all around on a full flight long delayed on ground after taxiing for departure.

Cons: Etihad needs to be more sensitive of passenger comfort and avoid being so stingy with economy class seats (21A)

Pros: My flight was canceled, and nobody answer me for my minry back request

Cons: No answer for my requests and emails

Cons: Caboj crew were unfriendly and bordering on being rude. The basic rule of any service is to smile but when you've cabin staff whi look grumpy on a 7h flight that speaks of poor training of cabin staff. Etihad needs to do much better to retain customers on this hot segment.

Pros: Nothing

Cons: The seat were not adjustable and the snake were poor and no entertainment on board ... poor boarding with buses and arrived with buses

Pros: yes to both.

Cons: Wine list was poor. Enough of a premium is built into the business class fare to get some decent wines onto the list. Coffee is not so good either.

Pros: Crew was professional and food was very good. Entertainment was really good.

Cons: In terms of comfort, Etihad offers a good level!

Pros: Everything was great from the crew to the seats to the food. Right now this tops all my previous trips with other airlines.

Cons: Devices need to be checked as the handheld device on my seat (24H) was not functional. That's not really a complaint but merely a feedback.

Pros: Getting put in a German Airport jail and being yelled at by men with sub machine guns for being a US Citizen and nothing more.

Cons: United Airlines knew the border was closed and told me since I was only transferring, I’d be fine. It wasn’t fine and I was detained and sent back. Inexcusable

Pros: Comfortable

Pros: I had a connection flight which would not be for another 11 hours so I left the airport to get some sleep coming back the same carry-on I have with me now cannot come with me they want me to pay 40euro. In the meantime the flight is 40% empty and plenty of over head and yes is the same size of plane I came in the first place. However the agent was nice after I explain my situation she not charges me.

Cons: Same airline coming from one place have different methods it’s a bit confusing.

Pros: Due to the corona19 virus I was not able to travel and the airline phone lines have been so busy that I’m not sure if I will be able to change my ticket.

Cons: 1- To present more than 2 choices of meals, either the main meals or snacks, like Kuwait

Pros: Very unprofessional crew, particularly Katarina who had quite an attitude and twice left out the last four rows for drinks and coffee. Simply out of laziness.

Cons: Online check-in had website issues and did not allow seat selection. Web check-in and on board service need significant improvements. Would not fly Etihad again; much higher standards and better service with Emirates or Qatar Air.

Cons: More entertainment and food options. Service not in line with price charged for the flight

Pros: crew was good. Seat was good but it was a business class seat in a 787-9; so it should be good.

Cons: wines were mediocre which was balanced out by the good quality of the food. Brussels to Abu Dabhi boarding was a little chaotic with coach and front cabin passesgers packed in a single bus. Noticed many older passengers standing for the longish bus ride.

Pros: Crew was amazing. Service is top notch. You get to eat whatever you want whenever you want (no fixed time for menu serving).

Cons: The in flight internet should be of better value for business travelers. Emirates offers full flight connection for business and first class.

Cons: Off boarding in Abu Dhabi

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Need improvements

Pros: The crew was amazing!

Pros: I didn’t even catch this flight - the connection time was impossible causing unnecessary stress!!! Just don’t sell this ticket which such a tight connection.

Cons: Don’t sell an unrealistic connection time

Cons: Severe turbulence and many of the Egyptian passengers didn't understand the announcements and were getting up

Pros: I missed my flight.

Cons: Helped me get a different flight. I got zero help getting another flight. Or any credit.

Pros: We were the only customers in business class, which was nice. Lots of attention from the crew, and food was good.

Cons: Ummm, THAT was "business class"? Same seats as economy, with middle seat blocked off. Limited recline, no entertainment, no comfort seats. Nice meal, nice drinks, nice service...but I'm a little stunned that a European airline would call this kind of seating "business class". Only thing that separated it from economy class was a curtain, and middle seats blocked off.