Etihad Cutting AUH/JFK to once daily starting October 1st
Jun 5, 2018, 6:13 am
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Etihad Cutting AUH/JFK to once daily starting October 1st
Etihad will begin only once daily service between Abu Dhabi and JFK, effective October 1st 2018. They will continue to offer the A380 6x weekly and the 777 1x weekly on Tuesdays. They will also be moving both Paris flights to the A380 effective October 1st, 2018.
Just another worrying move for EY and makes me (and probably others) wonder what is going to be the next cut
Just another worrying move for EY and makes me (and probably others) wonder what is going to be the next cut
Jun 5, 2018, 7:58 am
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This is scary. I got lucky this time but I’ve got a few months to go and maybe there will be more cuts. There a good insurance to cover trips mostly paid with points?
Jun 5, 2018, 12:30 pm
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I’ve also been affected by this on the return portion of a JFK-SIN flight in J. My original 3h50min connection in AUH is now just over 11 hours overnight. Will Etihad cover a hotel, airport transfers and meals for this new 11hr overnight layover? Emirates does provide that for their overnight long layovers when travelling in J and F.
Jun 5, 2018, 6:57 pm
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Just booked an award in Business from JNB to AUH on their a330 then in First AUH to JFK on the 380 in November. Hope nothing else gets cancelled. Wonder if I should try for Emirates instead on an award to be safe.
Jun 5, 2018, 10:51 pm
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I am not entirely sure, but I think EY does have some form of an EY Stopover for J and F. Additionally, for an increase from 4 to 11 hours, especially in a situation where they messed up your reservation by cancelling a flight, they should cover something like that. You can try posting in the EY Lurker/Etihad Help thread
Jun 6, 2018, 5:27 am
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Thanks @ss1710. I will be calling their reservations line and asking about hotel/meals/ground transfer. Judging by their website and their "Premium Stopover" program, I should be able to get a hotel, but not sure about the meals and ground transfer. In any case, I am seriously considering taking the opportunity of the schedule change to just cancel the whole ticket, get a full refund and booking on another carrier.
Jun 7, 2018, 5:33 am
#13
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So there may be spare capacity for other shorter EU/Asia routes for the A380s as AUH-CDG is considerably shorter than AUH-JFK...!
Jun 7, 2018, 6:25 am
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Do you think they'd consider moving the A380 back onto the Mumbai - Abu Dhabi route? They operate with just about every type of widebody aircraft they have: 77W, A330-3/2, 789, and until they retired them the A346 as well. I fly the route a fair amount and I have seen the J cabin fairly full a decent amount of the time. They had taken the 380 off the route for not being able to fill the premium cabin, but could be possible they are seeing more demand now.
Jun 7, 2018, 7:37 pm
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Also impacts our flights later this year, MEL>AUH>JFK. but still on the A380 AUH>JFK leg. They did however change both flights times... leaving Melbourne 11.15pm, and with a 4hr stopover in AUH so not that bad.
If they kept us on the same earlier MEL>AUH flight, would have meant a 10hr layover.
If they kept us on the same earlier MEL>AUH flight, would have meant a 10hr layover.