Etihad Airways upgrades

With Emirates and Qatar Airways introducing new ‘upfront’ accommodation, Etihad Airways is quickly following with the debut of the Airbus A350 Business Studio and for the future spacious private suites for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Collins supplied its doored Elevation seat, previously known as the Super Diamond NG, to serve as Etihad’s A350 Business Studio suite. As Head for Points notes, this is the same seat as British Airways uses for its 'Club Suite;.

Etihad has 11 Dreamliners set for delivery from 2023, and an Etihad spokesperson has confirmed they will be fitted with the new Elements suite from manufacturer Collins Aerospace.

For the 787, Etihad will move to the latest Collins’ Elements platform which its designers have evolved to increase personal space and privacy.

A revised seat mechanism allows the seat to be positioned “closer to the back of the shell”, said Alistair Hamilton, VP Sales & Marketing, Aircraft Seating, Collins Aerospace.

“The bed now goes lower, we’ve raised the food tray so it’s more out of the way when you enter bed mode, everything lets us use the space more efficiently”, Hamilton noted at last week’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, where Elements made its public debut.

www.etihad.com

www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/commercial-aviation/cabin

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