ETIHAD A380 THE RESIDENCE | World's best First Class flight (phenomenal!)

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Join me on a flight in The Residence, the world's most expensive plane "seat". The Residence is a step beyond First Class and the only three-room suite on a passenger aircraft, featuring a private bedroom, ensuite bathroom with shower, and a living room.
The Residence is exclusively available on Etihad Airways’ A380 aircraft on routes between Abu Dhabi, London and New York. In this video, I take you on a 8 hour flight from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow. The video also includes a tour of Etihad's new First Class lounge at Abu Dhabi.
Keep watching till the end for some spectacular drone footage!
Video chapters:
0:00 Abu Dhabi international airport
0:35 Etihad First Class lounge
5:34 Airbus A380
6:21 Boarding
8:25 Takeoff
10:06 Tour of The Residence
15:43 Menu & lunch
18:20 A380 Business Class (upper deck)
19:24 A380 Economy Class (lower deck)
22:02 Inflight entertainment
23:15 Landing at London Heathrow
25:44 Preview
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@paradonym 27 күн бұрын

The first decent review which isn't bombarding us with "look how many miles I've already earned to be able to spend them here..." thank you. Like really... Neutral reviews with the main purpose to show, not to rate,that's what I'm here for. Because the rating is in the viewers head, not done by the person showing it.

@djbabygggudani7911 22 күн бұрын

Well it shows in his millions of followers,still waiting for that invite to the MALDIVES😅

@JStrick525 27 күн бұрын

I just don’t have enough zeros in my bank account to even dream about flying like this. My best flight experience was first class on American Airlines from Germany to the US and I thought that the lie flat bed and real silverware was absolute heaven! It’s amazing to see how fancy a flight can get. Great video! ❤

@stayinafloat2859 27 күн бұрын

I know I'll never get to travel in The Residence but goodness I can dream.......

@shanah5707 25 күн бұрын

Never say never. Anything is possible ❤

@Pla.gue_doctor 21 күн бұрын

You just said Never tho@@shanah5707

@ripgfa 4 күн бұрын

It’s too expensive even for my dreams

@massivedealcloser7680 27 күн бұрын

Pilots absolutely buttered that landing

@lucyc3696 27 күн бұрын

Wow, how fabulous. I initially thought the first area converted into the bed, but then you showed a separate bedroom. Just stunning. Shame it was a short flight! 🤣

@3caninos 27 күн бұрын

Even business class seats look amazing. Wow, get to watch the quiet plane landing - I can feel the massive engines in your recorded audio vibrate on my tablet, literally shaking. Powerful plane!

@Travelnord23 27 күн бұрын

“Even” business class 😂

@yamuiemata 27 күн бұрын

I truly believe 7 hours is not enough to enjoy this magnificent product 😅

@rem05033 25 күн бұрын

Today, Etihad announced a new route from NYC to Abu Dhabi wtih the A380. You can experience the residence for 14 hours when the service starts.

@CooroSnowFox 9 күн бұрын

@@rem05033Australia to America or London... probably the only way it'd be worth it

@JoshuaSeziba 11 күн бұрын

Your videos also serve as a means of inspiration and motivation for me to work hard so I too can travel the world. Thank you so much, keep posting more videos.

@isonliu3148 27 күн бұрын

I saw another VLOG with ETIHAD beyond 1st Class, but you one is more informative and brilliantly filmed! Thanks for sharing.

@ashchw923 27 күн бұрын

im so thankful to see this video. Thank you for uploading!

@fadhilmatic3326 27 күн бұрын

Yay I can finally watch this video & learn for my own good. This is the video that I've been waiting for, it really helps me a lot & I can experience this lovely residence class one fine day when I grow older. I love your videos a lot & it really inspires me a lot! ❤️

@drrodrigoferreiraonco 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for one more fantastic vídeo!

@Kishykat 27 күн бұрын

It has been awhile since I have gone on a trip with you but happily I was able to dream of being in this world. As always your video skills are above excellent, the music calming, the view extraordinary and brings the world you are in to your viewers in a way that makes it almost like a virtual trip. Thank you for bringing this to viewers like me!

@johnsax1445 14 күн бұрын

Great Video, the Best one ever on “The Residence” 🤩

@Ritz-mn8qf 26 күн бұрын

I remember those fabulous, very refined and expertly trained butlers looking after the residences. Still, having that private bathroom and bedroom is amazing along with all that space and privacy.🥂

@williehannon9306 24 күн бұрын

A master of your craft. Thank you so much

@BomberFletch31 27 күн бұрын

I agree it's one of the best first class products around. It's a shame it's such a short flight. I think it would be an ideal way to spend a 15 hour flight.

@PilotWanderlust 27 күн бұрын

Excellent! Excited to see an „update“ on the O&O Reethi Rah next. Thank you in advance!

@Ozymandias1 25 күн бұрын

9:45 Incidentally RyanAir which operates at the complete opposite of the economical spectrum than this channel focusses on has a similar safety record, with only one hull loss (flight 4102; due to birdstrike, not something you can prevent with safety measures) and a forced landing by the Belorussian air force (flight 4978; not something you can prevent either). They have been in operation for two decades longer than Etihad, in their first two decades they had zero incidents. Safety isn't a luxury.

@gunvaldsandhaland7757 27 күн бұрын

Must Be The Best Cabin In The Sky.Great Trip Report

@amelia_latina 27 күн бұрын

Can't wait for the one and only reethi rah 😍 my favourite resort 💙🌊

@renegadeoffunk32 24 күн бұрын

That crosswind landing 👌

@MrEbeet 27 күн бұрын

this would be the one flight i'd pray for a delay on!

@petewatson9866 26 күн бұрын

No matter how long that flight was, my body would have been sleeping on that bed. 😴 A never again experience, Middle Eastern airlines just do things better than their counterparts. Thanks for sharing 👍👍

@derrickdavis2095 27 күн бұрын

Magnificent in detail

@nodyanodya6520 21 күн бұрын

how beautiful everything is! I want to fly in such comfort once in my life😍❤☺

@adelguy67 27 күн бұрын

Just spectacular!! It has always been a dream of mine to have this experience one day but this will probably be as close as I can get.

@dr.heshamfarouk5162 27 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for your video ❤

@ljcor1899 27 күн бұрын

Incredible FC space. Never flown Etihad but we plan to at some point… In my opinion their planes have the prettiest livery in the sky. Also I hear their newly built terminal in Abu Dhabi is amazing. Thanks for another great production.

@Blues-rm6cd 9 сағат бұрын

Increíble lugar👌🏻👌🏻 ese es mi próximo destino de viaje

@andrea6421 27 күн бұрын

That is the ultimate 1st class flight! I will never be able to afford it but what a way to fly! Thanks for sharing and the plane landing at the end was spectacular 👍🏻😊

@darcimunday4410 18 күн бұрын

I absolutely love your KZfaq channel! I just about watched them all abd fell in love with all of you videos you have shown on your KZfaq channel. Keep them coming for the ones who doesn't get to go anywhere. People can only dresm of going to these beautiful places like you do. Talk about going on these beautiful adventures you certainly know how to entertain your viewers.

@luxurytravelexpert 18 күн бұрын

Thank you !!!

@darcimunday4410 18 күн бұрын

Your mighty welcome.

@kawangkwok5262 27 күн бұрын

As expected, the lounge is out of this world!! More Luxury than lots of 5 star hotels! The suite, is probably bigger than some tiny house bedroom :) There are so many great food selections :), I wonder did expert ever try to empty the digestion system, before going to the lounge? Once again, thanks Expert!

@anthonyortiz2128 15 күн бұрын

Absolutely spectacular video 🫶❤️ thank you!!!

@luxurytravelexpert 15 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@firoztayiab7556 27 күн бұрын

Excellent job is done, bossssss ! want a vid from Ko Samui, Thailand.

@jeremyoboe 25 күн бұрын

Amazing experience!!

@nickmaxted2558 27 күн бұрын

wow! only in my dreams

@6falconsue 26 күн бұрын

What's really cool, Dr. LTE, is that your luxury suite has a hallway--lol. I've seen a few other videos of this suite--one traveler said he was too excited to sleep. (I felt perhaps Etihad could have provided him with a teddy bear to make him feel more at home :) Gotta say that Etihad A380 is one absolutely gorgeous featherless bird! (Fabulous lounge, too.) Thanks for the ride, Dr. LTE!

@rezaalan3991 27 күн бұрын

Great flight.

@juandiazzalamea1 24 күн бұрын

Muy buena toma del aterrizaje.

@bulufish8208 27 күн бұрын

No words means a Master at his craft. ❤

@TrekkersTravels 16 күн бұрын

Wow what luxury 💛, what a way to travel

@auroozava3259 27 күн бұрын

Wow, how fabulous. I initially thought the first area converted into the bed, but then you showed a separate bedroom. Just stunning. Shame it was a short flight!

@rosepelzel4244 26 күн бұрын

The lounge was very nice ... handsomely elegant! As for the Residence, I believe I would crawl right into that bed and stay there for the remainder of the flight. Maybe I could get someone to toss me a grape every now and then! Just let me sleep! Lol!

@explorer.samrat 13 күн бұрын

Simply phenomenal. Your best video till now Sir.😊❤

@luxurytravelexpert 13 күн бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@Stella_di_Mare 26 күн бұрын

Благодарю за обзор! Расширяете границы 😀 Хочу полетать в таких условиях👍

@kingmoss3415 25 күн бұрын

I remember my round trip in this same residence following my Lottery win as if it was yesterday. 🎉🎉🎉 Cheers 🥂

@stuartallen8310 27 күн бұрын

Well presented

@3caninos 27 күн бұрын

Awww, I would go 1st class just to eat in that lounge! 😋

@didiermcginnis 10 күн бұрын

If I'd to choose from across all the top airlines,nothing beats the residence 😅

@PatriciaPerez-lg2kw 27 күн бұрын

Woow is wonderfull 😮

@aliharriman 24 күн бұрын

Superb accommodation. I don’t think anyone does luxury air travel quite like Etihad.

@archknightk 27 күн бұрын

저도 꼭 타보고 싶은 에티하드 항공 레지던스 좌석이군요. 정말 멋진 영상 잘 보겠습니다. 영어실력이 모자라 한글로 씁니다.

@didisinclair3605 26 күн бұрын

I would only want to fly this amazing room from New York to Australia!!!!

@samsadrzadh580 27 күн бұрын

thanks so much , can you please look into Four seasons air cruise , is very very expensive but maybe you being you .... thanks again

@MrEbeet 27 күн бұрын

A-mazing! beds, showers... what's next? personal fitness room? swimming pool? Bowling alley!?!?!

@therealgodspeedy 27 күн бұрын

one day

@muazunais2378 24 күн бұрын

Why not 😂

@thomascochran1445 24 күн бұрын

quit with the dramatics

@MrEbeet 23 күн бұрын

@@thomascochran1445 OK Tom, I'll do that, ty.

@cathdan 22 күн бұрын

Actually if you use that money on land instead in the air ,you get everything

@lidiya.ilchuk 15 күн бұрын

Love it! Will fly Etihad the residence one day💛

@luxurytravelexpert 15 күн бұрын

Please do!

@mirameraabi8328 15 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤ great excellent so beautiful ths so much pls mores video❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@decemberclouds 27 күн бұрын

I have been waiting for this since I heard that you were going to do it! Everything looked amazing from the lounge to the area itself. Too bad that the amenities kit (did I miss it? I didn't see it...) and the service is the same as first, I think it would make a nice parting gift.

@MariaCKouto 23 күн бұрын

I summarize this trip as The Super Luxurious Air Trip.😍

@user-ih3pt4gh6y 17 күн бұрын

اخي الحبيب عجبني ميزة الترجمة كتير ❤واحب فديوهاتك

@homeland2710 21 күн бұрын

mewah, perjalanan yang luar biasa. aku percaya, hal ini memberimu pengalaman dan wawasan baru yang jauh lebih luas dan aku senang bisa menyaksikannya di youtube. sehat dan senang untukmu 🎉

@MikeAnthonyVlogs 27 күн бұрын

Wow. This is truly one of the most stunning flight accommodations I have ever seen! It really breaks the creative limits of what can be possible in commercial air travel. Anyways, I have long awaited the day that you would finally review the iconic One&Only Reethi Rah! For my personal preference, it sits third on my list to Soneva Fushi and Soneva Jani

@luxurytravelexpert 27 күн бұрын

One&Only Reethi Rah is an incredible resort! You’ll love it 😍

@powerlifterarnold1257 27 күн бұрын

Have I ever flown The Residence ? No the luxury travel expert, I have never😅😅😅. Superb video though

@rmackrm 16 күн бұрын

Neither have i funnily enough. 😅

@morseanen 27 күн бұрын

Thanks for new great video. The comfort level in the new residence is once again storming the heavens. Etihad is a great compromise between cheap European and expensive Middle Eastern airlines. At the same time, they are close to the best of the top five companies in terms of service, but often much cheaper than them in terms of prices. The main disadvantage of Etihad was connecting in the tired terminals of Abu Dhabi airport. Now this disadvantage has disappeared with the appearance of a new terminal, which is not inferior in comfort to the airports in Doha or Dubai.

@christinemeganemallet 5 күн бұрын

Merci de nourrir mes rêves 🙂🙏💜🥰🇨🇵

@MrBear1967 27 күн бұрын

Brilliantly filmed 😊and great review, this is probably the only way I'll ever do the trip. 😢

@luxurytravelexpert 27 күн бұрын

Thank you

@A380_Flyer 27 күн бұрын

You haven't stayed at a Six Senses resort for over 2 years (Ibiza), and only 1 in the past 4-5 years. Have you gone off the SS brand or are you planning more trips in the future?

@user-fb3zq4jp6g 26 күн бұрын

great story! thanks to the author! as if I had been there myself! like from me👍

@coffee7027 25 күн бұрын

Amazing video as always.. A question, is there no more butler service for the residence passenger?

@luxurytravelexpert 25 күн бұрын

That"s correct; the butler service has been suspended.

@edtex6275 26 күн бұрын

What happened to the dedicated Residences lounge in Abu Dhabi? Is that no longer available?

@worldview2134 6 күн бұрын

The only flight you never wish to get off 😂

@LXRY 4 күн бұрын

Great video. What’s the music used throughout it?

@gsu12fo 27 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ beautiful

@KishanPatel-bv6lg 27 күн бұрын

Nice ❤❤

@jonasbrothersrockist 27 күн бұрын

Great video

@luxurytravelexpert 27 күн бұрын

Thank you

@jonasbrothersrockist 27 күн бұрын

@@luxurytravelexpert You're welcome.

@jbentley75 25 күн бұрын

Fantastic review - beautifully shot and a most welcome review from all the 'look at me!' Vloggers. I was lucky enough to travel Etihad First (not the Residence though) at the back end of last year and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I did however think the quality of wines was below par (especially when compared to competitors' offerings and the apartment was a bit of a waste as there was no need to convert the sofa into a bed during what was a 7 hour, daytime flight. A flight to NYC would justify it far more.

@luxurytravelexpert 25 күн бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment 🙂

@user-bg5ov3oi1r 24 күн бұрын

Cool Cool

@KishanPatel-bv6lg 27 күн бұрын

I think you should make video on air india a350 business class on international route

@Aviationdude350 27 күн бұрын

Guys please do etihad business class as well :)

@ahmedalhameli9292 15 күн бұрын

Everything is perfect but if they just bring the old boarding music 👌

@RandomVideosFirst 27 күн бұрын

given what has happened in DXB and Dubai in general (this week) I would of loved to of stayed in this business class lounge for 4 days , especially those private pods with the white blinds 4:05

@michaelafalck1345 27 күн бұрын

Thank you once again for sharing with us. This is truly one impressive Product. I was just wondering, why we do have to activate the subtitles in the settings, because the subtitles were already included in the past. Is that some new thing of KZfaq? Pls let me know. Thank you

@luxurytravelexpert 27 күн бұрын

I now create my subtitles via KZfaq, which allows viewers to translate them in their own language (instead of uploading a video with only English subtitles).

@michaelafalck1345 27 күн бұрын

@@luxurytravelexpert I see. That makes sense to me😀

@GOK1970 27 күн бұрын

I have almost been there.... A flight from London to Abu Dhabi on A380 First Apartment in 2017. Staff could have been better, compared to Qatar and Emirates. :)

@angelsx82 27 күн бұрын

I remember a few years ago, we flew with the same plane, same route, and mid flight the plane turned back to Abu Dhabi because one of the engines shut down. Scary experience was.

@luxurytravelexpert 27 күн бұрын

Ouch …

@ukdavepianoman 27 күн бұрын

Very good video. The Residence is something I'd love to try but probably never will...7 hour flight doesn't seem enough really. First class lounge looks good and of course on board is amazing. Isn't there a Residence lounge to visit at Abu Dhabi Terminal A?

@luxurytravelexpert 27 күн бұрын

No, passengers of The Residence have access to a private suite at the First Class lounge

@SalsamaliTravelReports 15 күн бұрын

Were you traveling solo in the residence or with someone? And do you have to pay first class fares for both?

@luxurytravelexpert 15 күн бұрын

I was traveling solo. And yes, the Residence can only be booked by First Class passengers.

@parimal7528 26 күн бұрын

During covid, when A380s were being deserted, i thought airlines will abandon them but it's good to see A380s back in skies. Earlier, Etihad used to offer complimentary chauffer car to pick you up from hotel or residence, they used to send 2 cars, 1 for luggage second for passengers. Is this service still there or have they removed it? Thanks for this video, had been long time seen an A380! Namaste.

@3caninos 27 күн бұрын

I can't stand it, I'm crying - I want a flight on this Etihad A380 which has a brand new unveiling in New York at JFK April 21, 2024!😂❤ ✴

@1977sukhan 27 күн бұрын

waiting for a real journey soon.....

@fernandofreire4062 22 күн бұрын

Ths is the kind of flight you want it to last longer! I was a bit disappointed with the food though. Filet Mignon looks too gray to me.

@haribo8375 22 күн бұрын

You didn’t had access to the residence lounge ?

@wojtekkochan6942 27 күн бұрын

What a flex. First it was I have a seat that converts to a bed. Now, I have a separate bedroom with my own toilet and shower. Etihad never fails to impress.

@warrenraynor2801 26 күн бұрын

I didn’t see any non metallic cutlery for the caviar. It will oxidise on contact

@cynthiarosiek4098 3 күн бұрын

What is the cost of a flight, approximately.

@mustafashulqamy1844 27 күн бұрын

Will you try singapore airline's A380 first class? It's very close to this minus the shower!

@luxurytravelexpert 27 күн бұрын

I've already tried it. Here's my video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbViktGF2ZeyZqs.html

@mustafashulqamy1844 27 күн бұрын

@@luxurytravelexpert What do you think of it vs This?

@luxurytravelexpert 27 күн бұрын

@@mustafashulqamy1844 The Residence by Etihad is in a class in its own as it comes with a private bedroom with ensuite bathroom

@nobodycares775 6 күн бұрын

In etihad airways, is there any differenge between first class and residence?

@luxurytravelexpert 6 күн бұрын

Yes. You can read all about it in my review on my travel blog 😉

@Warin71 27 күн бұрын

when will we see Soneva Secret in the preview?😉

@jeremy1350 26 күн бұрын

Hello Traveler. "From Canyons Deep, to Cavernous Airports, from one side of the world, to the other !! Imagine being seated in a middle seat for 8 hours or more, in the middle of that aircraft. Oh No No No !! The Maldives, Yes Please.