Etihad Airways’ second daily service between Abu Dhabi and New York is now serviced by an A380, replacing a three-class Boeing 777-300ER.
All 14 weekly flights between the two cities are now being serviced by the double-decker aircraft. The airline’s A380 can carry 496 guests in a four-class configuration: The Residence, First Apartments (First Class), Business Studios (Business Class), and Economy Smart Seats (Economy Class).
The first daily flight departs Abu Dhabi at 03.35 and arrives in New York’s JFK Airport at 09.40, and will depart New York JFK at 15.00 and land in Abu Dhabi at 12.05 the following day. The second flight departs Abu Dhabi at 10.15 and lands in New York JFK at 16.20. The return leg will depart New York JFK at 22.45, and land in Abu Dhabi at 19.50 the following day.
Guests flying on all Etihad Airways flights from Abu Dhabi to the airline’s six US ports of entry – New York JFK, Washington, DC, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco – are processed through the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance facility available at Abu Dhabi International Airport. This means that they pass through all US immigration and customs checks in Abu Dhabi and arrive at their US destination as domestic passengers.
Etihad Airways first launched daily non-stop flights to New York JFK on October 26, 2006, and introduced the second daily service in March 2014. It subsequently upgraded one of the daily flights to an A380 aircraft in November 2015.
