We identified that we had probkem with checkmytrip and then chased our flight booker. It appears that some days the connections through LHR are better than flying by LGW. We pulled our flight back one day and got the same flight times that we had booked on the Sunday. The feedback I had from Opodo was that connections at the weekend were better than during the week. I have not attempted to prove this theory.

Our flights for August, so far, have not been changed. The Etihad web site is no help on what there actual flight schedules are as they have still not posted any dates after the end of March 06.

I would suggest you do your own research on checkmytrip and chase your travel agent if it shows aproblem.

With the new aircraft arriving there is a good chance you will ahve an excellent trip as they are flying the new 777 aircarft out of LGW rather than the expected LHR.