EtihadAirways From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2006, 133 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 13790 times:
Hi every one sorry for the bad quality of the photos.
This is Etihad A320 … it looks nice and hopefully we can see more of these babies in the fleet soon.
That was quick! They only announced the introduction of the A320's a few weeks back.... was obviously in the pipeline for a while. I presume this aircraft is on lease from somewhere?
Although I'm not a big fan of EY's livery, I must say it looks quite good on the A320.
Bok269 From United States of America, joined May 2007, 2105 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 13688 times:
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7713 posts, RR: 55 Reply 4, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 13646 times:
Quoting JoKeR (Reply 1): Although I'm not a big fan of EY's livery, I must say it looks quite good on the A320.
I agree. That weird eagle shit on the tail is downright menacing. But they're a very promising airline, I have flown their 777-300s from London to Abu Dhabi en route to and from Iran and had great flights, some of the best ever. Another couple of years and they'll really be rocking and rolling. And to come back to what Joker said, that livery looks great on the A320, even the spooky eagle shit. Alway like the fuselage design actually but here again, it looks really great on the A320.
I bet Etihad's A320s are really pimped out like the MEA A321s (only 150 pax), proper big business class seats in the front, AVOD throughout etc.
(As a complete tangent, I was impressed to discover last week that Belavia's 737-500s have a fantastic business class, huge and comfortable recliners (2-2) with masses of legroom. Three rows goes almost back to the wing.)
fly Saha Air 707s daily from Tehran's downtown Mehrabad to Mashhad, Kish Island and Ahwaz
Cartoonranger From United Arab Emirates, joined Aug 2005, 89 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 13281 times:
Quoting Cedarjet (Reply 4): I agree. That weird eagle shit on the tail is downright menacing. But they're a very promising airline, I have flown their 777-300s from London to Abu Dhabi en route to and from Iran and had great flights, some of the best ever.
I agree. They are expanding quickly, but they appear to be trying to keep quality over quantity. I'm a big fan of most of the middle east carriers but i think with the rapid expansion of EK and QR, often, some service is lost.
OHLHD From Finland, joined Dec 2004, 3962 posts, RR: 27 Reply 6, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 13251 times:
Quoting Stylo777 (Reply 3): great! on which routes this baby will operate'?
They are planning to use it on the inter gulf routes like DOH,BAH, etc as they obviously realized that it is not to good to send a 332 or even bigger on these routes.
Airnewzealand From New Zealand, joined Oct 2000, 2538 posts, RR: 6 Reply 7, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 13214 times:
I really like the Etihad livery (More than EK)...
The fuselage is fantastic (painted) and the colours they use are amazing. I saw it up close on the SYD tarmac not too long ago and all i can say is whom ever designed it did a fantastic job. I hear the interior is really nice too!!
Stylo777 From Turkey, joined Feb 2006, 2870 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 12931 times:
Quoting OHLHD (Reply 6): They are planning to use it on the inter gulf routes like DOH,BAH, etc as they obviously realized that it is not to good to send a 332 or even bigger on these routes. Smile
smart move as this will open widebody capacity on other routes they are needed for
B742 From UK - England, joined Mar 2005, 3760 posts, RR: 21 Reply 12, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 12909 times:
A bit more information on the A320 shown above.
The aircraft is an A320-211 equiped with CFM engines. It is ex. C-FMST of Air Canada and is leased from LAT Charter of Riga.
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The A320 shown above is the first of six A320s to join the EY fleet. Three will join in September and October. The other three will arrive in 2008.
The configuration is:
Business Class: 20
Economy Class: 120
The first city to be served was Tehran on the 1st September. Cities to be served with the A320s are Beirut, Dammam, Karachi, Muscat, Bahrain, Cairo, Doha, Kuwait, Amman, Damascus and Tehran.
LY777 From France, joined Nov 2005, 2448 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 12512 times:
Quoting B742 (Reply 12): The first city to be served was Tehran on the 1st September. Cities to be served with the A320s are Beirut, Dammam, Karachi, Muscat, Bahrain, Cairo, Doha, Kuwait, Amman, Damascus and Tehran.
I think people will be disappointed about the downgrade from A332 to A320. Cairo must be more than 3 hours flight from Abu Dahbi!
MD90fan From Bahamas, joined Jul 2005, 2931 posts, RR: 7 Reply 17, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 11392 times:
I'm pleasantly surprised, this is one of the first things they've done that differs from EK!
Quoting B742 (Reply 12): The first city to be served was Tehran on the 1st September. Cities to be served with the A320s are Beirut, Dammam, Karachi, Muscat, Bahrain, Cairo, Doha, Kuwait, Amman, Damascus and Tehran.
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Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 18, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 11136 times:
I think that livery would have looked great on a 737-800 with winglets.
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Evan767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2957 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 9572 times:
I was wondering if one of these UAE carriers would ever order a narrowbody. Glad to see Etihad did it, makes sense. Is Emirates up next?
The proper term is "on final" not "on finals" bud...
MEA-707 From Netherlands, joined Nov 1999, 4117 posts, RR: 37 Reply 21, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 9382 times:
Quoting Airnewzealand (Reply 7): I really like the Etihad livery (More than EK)...
The fuselage is fantastic (painted) and the colours they use are amazing.
I agree more with Cedarjet that this eagle tail is more the flag of some intimidating and currupt dictatorship and not fit for a 21st century free airline.
nobody has ever died from hard work, but why take the risk?
FlyDreamliner From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2759 posts, RR: 15 Reply 22, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 9136 times:
Quoting Cedarjet (Reply 4): I bet Etihad's A320s are really pimped out like the MEA A321s (only 150 pax), proper big business class seats in the front, AVOD throughout etc.
Ummm.... nope. They are actually pretty high density. Roughly akin to what you might find on a major US or European carrier.
Quoting YVRLTN (Reply 15):
Same as AC - presumably they do not have the old AC seats...
I should hope that they aren't keeping AC's interior config.... but that does sort of sound like it... kind of higher density than I had expected. If nothing else, they'd HAVE to get new seat covers.... AC's are quite distinctive.
Quoting MEA-707" class=quote target=_blank>MEA-707 (Reply 21): I agree more with Cedarjet that this eagle tail is more the flag of some intimidating and currupt dictatorship and not fit for a 21st century free airline.
God forbid an aircraft livery shows a little character, it must be from some dictatorship. It isn't white like the European flag airlines, oh no!
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RIXrat From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 773 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 8862 times:
Quoting B742 (Reply 12): It is ex. C-FMST of Air Canada and is leased from LAT Charter of Riga.
Quoting B742 (Reply 19): Yes for 9H-AEQ and 9H-AEP. Both A320-214 models from Air Malta.
Can someone tell my why Etihad is leasing a A320 from LAT Charter in RIX, then getting aircraft from Air Malta, while in July 2007 LAT Charter leased an A320 (YL-LCC) for three years to Air Malta. Is this a banker's game of some sort?
San747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4936 posts, RR: 13 Reply 24, posted (5 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 7056 times:
Quoting LY777 (Reply 14): I think people will be disappointed about the downgrade from A332 to A320. Cairo must be more than 3 hours flight from Abu Dahbi!
3 hours is nothing on an A320... Although if I was a local there, I would be disappointed about a fairly large downgrade like that as well.
Scotty doesn't know...
25 BigTom: Just for your info: the eagle design is the national symbol of the UAE government. I wouldn't disparage it if I were you. It is definitely not meant
26 YOWza: Looks sweet. I'm glad EY are taking on narrow bodies. I'm still not totally sold on EKs wide bodies only approach. With only 3 320s? (3 are coming int
27 EtihadAirways: Can't agree more with wat you said about the Etihad logo ... Thanks ... ^_^ Yes your right .. would love to see it on the B737 Thanks for the info ..
28 Ronerone: Officially yes, however internally, they made a decision on this since last March, if not before. So it most definitely was in the plans for quite so
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