In this video we bring you the full 787 Dreamliner cockpit experience as Gabe Leigh flies with Etihad Airways in the jumpseat from Abu Dhabi to Osaka Kansai International. Over the course of 50 minutes you'll see just about everything that goes into completing a flight on the 787-9, from pre-flight discussion to taxi and takeoff, navigating busy airspace leaving the Gulf, looking at the flight plan and weather enroute, changing from feet to meters over China, and finally descending into busy Japanese airspace and the approach into Kansai International looping in over Osaka Bay. It’s Etihad’s 20th anniversary this month – and that coincides with a period of expansion and development at the airline. New routes are being added, the beautiful new terminal has just opened and more. It was really nice to get an insight into their operations, and meet some of the people that make up their team, at this exciting time. And of course, especially to get to spend the flight, on one of those brand new routes, in the flight deck. What an incredible experience this was, with an excellent flight crew, and we can't thank Etihad Airways enough for helping to put it together. EY830 AUH-KIX playback for Nov 5, 2023: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ey830#32b833a0 Follow Flightradar24 on Instagram - http://instagram.com/flightradar24 Follow Gabe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabeleigh/ Find us on Facebook - https://facebook.com/flightradar24 Twitter - https://twitter.com/flightradar24 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/2740521 SECTIONS: 00:00 Intro 01:31 Pre-flight 04:01 Pushback & taxi 06:23 Takeoff 12:06 Busy airspace 14:28 Watching out for traffic 16:16 Cruise, flight plan & weather 20:30 Differences flying over China 24:15 Cost index explained 25:36 787 vs 777 27:33 Crew rest (and my rest) 30:04 Morning over China 31:20 Maintaining 39,100 feet 34:23 Prepping Chinese airspace exit 35:39 Top of descent 35:54 JAL reports moderate turbulence 41:41 Cleared for approach to KIX 43:50 Cleared to land 45:40 Landing Osaka ------------------------------------------- Useful flight tracking links: ✈️ Track live flights here - https://www.flightradar24.com/ 🎧 Listen to our podcast here - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast 🛩️ Find out more about subscriptions here - https://www.flightradar24.com/premium 📕 Read our flight tracking glossary here - https://www.flightradar24.com/glossary 📧 Sign up to our Aviation newsletter - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/on-the-radar-newsletter/ #etihad #cockpit #787