From February 15, Etihad will be launching its new flights to Calcutta. The Indian destination, which will be served daily, will pave the way for a wave of new openings which will then include Madrid from 29 March, followed by Entebbe. The Ugandan business hub will be linked daily from 1 March.er May. This will be followed by Edinburgh (June 8), Hong Kong (June 15) and finally Algiers (June 17). In addition, the Abu Dhabi-Brisbane route will become direct from June, and will then be operated by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner tri-class aircraft. "Our global network expansion planned for the first half of 2015 takes a long-term view, providing travellers with an ever-expanding range of destinations and connections via Abu Dhabi, the Etihad Airways hub," notes James Hogan, Etihad Airways CEO. He added: "These new destinations have been selected to extend our coverage and strengthen our services to customers in the strategically important markets of Europe, Asia and Africa.
