Etihad chooses Heathrow for first A380 Superjumbo flight

The airline's first Superjumbos and Boeing 787 Dreamliners will consist of nine 'apartments', as well as a three-room cabin known as 'The Residence', which features a bedroom, lounge, shower room and a butler.

The new cabins will feature on the first A380 service from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow on 27 December, with tickets for 'The Residence' costing more than £11,000.

Ther service will continue to fly from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow throughout early 2015 before being introduced to the Sydney and New York services later in the year.