Originally Posted by
trigleek
One thing that was annoying was how they boarded us on time -- only to tell us the flight is delayed 1 hour due to "air traffic congestion". My friend who was travelling AUH-BNE the day before had the same exact issue!
Delays are part of Etihad flights. AUH>SIN was delayed by almost 2 hours, but I was much happier being on board than just sat around in their waiting area (the lounge had already told us to go) with no one giving any information. AUH>LHR was also delayed by over an hour and announced only when boarding, but as we were in their First Apartment it's the only time I've ever been happy for a delay.