Etihad Airways Sets a New Record: the $38,000 Ticket

The Etihad Airways Company sets a new record as flying from New York to Mumbai, with a stopover in Abu Dhabi, is becoming the most expensive air trip in the world

The ticket includes a truly penthouse in the sky with three rooms, its own butler and a chef and costs about $38,000, writes Daily Mail magazine.

Thus, alongside with the return flight, a ticket would cost $76,000 for an exclusive cabin.

Etihad Airways is the national carrier of the UAE. The company has already made a request in order to gain the exclusivity for the most expensive one-way flight on the route New York to Abu Dhabi.

The luxurious cabin called "The Residence" includes a living room, 2 bedrooms and private bathroom with shower, available only on the Airbus A380-800 plane belonging to Etihad Company, according to Daily Mail.

With a connection to Abu Dhabi, the trip between JFK International Airport in New York and Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport takes about 19 to 21 hours. The Residence is the first suite of three rooms in a commercial plane. The living room has a flat 32-inch screen, a double leather sofa and two folding tables. A butler serves meals prepared by a chef on board. A hallway leads to a bedroom with a double bed, a new record for an airline. The design was created by an Italian designer. In the bedroom, there is a flat-screen 27-inch TV mounted on the wall. Passengers also have a bathroom with a shower, mirror and hairdryer. More, each of flights Etihad A380 has a trained nanny at Norland College in Bath.

The ticket price includes: a driver and luxury transport that goes and takes passengers from the airport, private check-in and access to a private lounge and service of a personal travel administrator that can do everything from book a table at a restaurant, to find tickets to a concert or sporting event.