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Etihad Unveils Upgraded Economy

: May 8, 2019 - : 10:13 pm

Five years after launching its top-level cabin product, the residence, the airline has launched a new set of short-haul Economy Class products.

These refreshed products include: a brand-new seat, a new way of accessing in-flight entertainment and a redesign of the cabin service.

Within the next few months, Etihad will upgrade 23 Airbus A320s and A321s with their new Economy seat. Designed by UK manufacturer Acro Aircraft Seating, the new seats feature an ergonomically correct shape width of 18″ on the window and aisle and 19″ on the middle seat. Etihad has said that the improvements will also provide passengers 2” more room at knee level and each seat has access to fast-charging USB ports.

To replace the personal TV on the back of the seats, Etihad has decided to install adjustable phone and tablet holders in their place.

These seats feature a unique way to recline the back of the seat – there is a front spar mounted recline lever, this changes the location of the button in the armrest to next to the cushion instead.

The airline plans to reduce the number of Business Class seats on their existing A320/A321 fleet, from 16 to 8, thus increasing the total of Economy Class seats.

They monitor on the seat-back in Economy has been done away with, and instead have opted for streaming to personal devices. In the new cabin, passengers will now use the browser on their own devices to connect and log on to the Panasonic eWX system on-board.


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