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A380

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15 MAY 2026 airlines

Etihad Apartment Review: Inside the A380's Two-Room Suite (and What's Replacing It)

Etihad's A380 Apartment is the only commercial first class cabin that gives you a separate chair and a separate bed, with a sliding door between you and the world. Three years after Etihad un-mothballed the airframe, we flew the product on AUH-LHR to answer the question the Apartment has always raised: is the routing detour worth it, and what happens when this airframe finally retires for good?

By Karoline Vestby · 21 min read

25 APR 2026 airlines

Emirates A380 Game Changer Business Class: How the 2-Class Layout Stacks Against the 777-300ER

Emirates' Game Changer A380 retrofit — the program that reduced first class and inserted Premium Economy from 2022-2023 — has produced a fundamentally different aircraft from the 777-300ER. After flying both on identical Gulf-to-Europe and Gulf-to-Sydney sectors in spring 2026, here is the technical case for why the two-class A380 has quietly become the best Emirates business class on the network, and where it still trails Qsuite, Apartment, AF Travers and BA Club Suite.

By Karoline Vestby · 20 min read

24 APR 2026 routes

JFK to Dubai on Emirates: A380 First Class Suite vs Game Changer Business Class

Emirates' twice-daily JFK-DXB A380 service runs about 12 hours eastbound on the same airframe that anchors the carrier's flagship product portfolio. After flying EK204 in seat 2A in the First suite on 18 April 2026 and EK202 in seat 11K in business on 28 April, here is the technical case for the suite, the lounge and shower spa flow, the Game Changer business cabin in context, Skywards redemption math against cash, and how the routing measures against JFK-AUH, JFK-DOH and JFK-IST.

By Kavi Banerjee · 27 min read