Etihad introduces flying butlers 
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Etihad introduces flying butlers

The Abu Dhabi-based airline trains the first batch for its Airbus A380 premium cabins

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Etihad Airways, the flagship carrier of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has trained a batch of 13 flying butlers who would serve premium passengers on Etihad&rsquos new double-decker Airbus A380. There are 11 male and two female butlers, trained at the Savoy hotel in London and dressed impeccably in tailcoats and white gloves. The passenger segment targeted consists of guests using Etihad&rsquos new $20,000-a-ticket three-room cabin on the A380 aircraft. The service will be available from December on the Abu Dhabi-London route. The Airbus A380 is a huge aircraft that allows the three majors airlines in the Middle East &ndash Etihad, Emirates and Gulf Air &ndash to offer extra facilities in premium cabins such as bars, showers and double beds.

Sean Davoren, head butler at the posh Savoy, said that Etihad&rsquos flying butlers had &ldquothe discretion of a traditional English butler with the efficiency of a 21st-century personal assistant&rdquo. Of the 13 butlers, 10 are from Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Tunisia, and three are from the United Kingdom.

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