{"id":12571,"date":"2023-01-12T00:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelseason.com\/?p=12571"},"modified":"2024-01-02T15:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T19:11:02","slug":"flight-review-etihad-787-business-class-abu-dhabi-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelseason.com\/airlines\/flight-review-etihad-787-business-class-abu-dhabi-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Etihad 787-9 Business Class from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll have to admit it took me a long time to fly Etihad Airlines that this was actually going to be my first time. I have read a lot about Etihad offering the most luxurious seats on the market<\/a> to an airline with some of the best food in the sky<\/a>. <\/p>

To say I was excited is an extreme understatement.<\/p>

Now this was going to be a short flight, only 4.5 hours from Abu Dhabi to Istanbul, but the journey was going to be on one of their largest planes they are still flying, the Boeing 787-9.<\/p>

I was booked in business class as this particular aircraft was not equipped with a first class cabin. I planned to take full advantage of the short flight and see exactly what Etihad was about.<\/p>

Booking Process<\/h2>

Etihad is known as a premier airline and with that the flight prices don’t come cheap, especially business class. For this ticket the one way fare was a whopping $3,355 and was no cheaper when you searched for a round trip.<\/p>