All in all, Etihad Airways will offer 27% of additional weekly departures for the 2024 summer season. The national airline of the United Arab Emirates is thus significantly increasing its offer, with flights returning to their pre-Covid levels.
The national carrier's latest announcement mainly concerns key destinations in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
The Middle East and Asia at the heart of expansion
The company is increasing the number of flights to Jeddah and Riyadh to Saudi Arabia from 15 March. The two Saudi cities will benefit from an additional daily flight, for a total of 28 weekly frequencies to Abu Dhabi.
To 15 June, Amman in Jordan will benefit from 4 additional weekly flights (i.e. 11 flights/week) and 2 flights to Beirut (7 flights/week). On the same date, the airline will add 4 flights a week on Colombo Sri Lanka (17 flights/week), 1 weekly flight on Calcutta (8 frequencies/week) and 3 weekly flights on Bangalore (17 frequencies/week).
These improvements are part of Etihad's ambitious expansion of flights and frequencies, which aims to strengthening the Abu Dhabi hub by offering its customers more flexible travel options.
At the end of last year, the airline announced the opening of new destinations and additional frequencies. In particular, since 1 January, the inauguration of Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram in India. As well as 3 additional weekly frequencies to Bangkok on 22 February (17 flights/week).
As a reminder, the company will also be inaugurating two flights a week from Nicefrom 15 June. This latest service strengthens the partnership with Air France. It will also be the first time that the Côte d'Azur metropolis will benefit from a link with Abu Dhabi..
Arik De, Etihad's Chief Revenue and Commercial Officer: " these latest flight increases are part of the airline's development strategy. Combined with our convenient connections in Abu Dhabi and our growing global network, these routes offer our customers more opportunities to travel where they want and when they want." .
