Bedroom wars between UAE airlines

Just weeks after Etihad launched its “Residence” concept featuring a bedroom, UAE rival Emirates confirmed it is also working on a first class concept featuring a bedroom of its own.
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“We believe in the concept of privacy,” Emirates executive Hubert Frach told journalists at the ILA Berlin air show. The Dubai-based carrier introduced private cabins as first-class suites for its A380 fleet. At the show Frach said the airline wants to pursue this thinking further with a bedroom-type product.
He said it would be launched on the A380 and on the Boeing 777X
Etihad’s three-room Residence will be on the A380s which enter service later this year.


Pictured: Etihad's Residence features a bedroom, Now Emirates is looking at launching its own bedroom for First Class
 

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