Etihad Focuses on First Class, Premium Experience on High Demand

Etihad Airways is enlarging its premium offering and paying more attention to the luxury-passenger experience as demand for seats in the front of the plane grows to a record.

The Abu Dhabi carrier will increase the number of seats in premium economy and will bring back first class to almost its entire wide-body fleet as part of a retrofit program, Chief Executive Officer Antonoaldo Neves said in an interview.