Etihad to offer four additional weekly flights on 1 February 2026 by Airbus A321neoLR on the route Paris CDG-Abu Dhabi. The total number of weekly flights operated by the UAE national airline will be increased from 14 to 18. from the French capital. At the moment, Etihad offers a morning flight by Airbus A380 and an evening flight by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
The four new frequencies will leave Paris at 14:50 and arrive in Abu Dhabi at 00:30. On the return leg, the flight will take off from Abu Dhabi at 8.20am and land in the French capital at 1pm. In fact, the Airbus A321neoLR will enable the Abu Dhabi carrier to expand its routes to numerous European cities. The main reason is the smaller capacity of the aircraft, which offers greater flexibility with its 160 seats, including 2 in First and 14 in Business.
The Airbus A321neoLR, the cornerstone of expansion in Europe and Asia
The A321neoLR will also serve Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Milan-Malpensa and Zurich, resulting in two to three additional weekly flights to each of these destinations. Another continent to benefit from the insertion of theAirbus A321 long-haul : Asia. It will indeed be an A321neoLR aircraft that will serve thehe new destinations of Chiang Mai and Krabi in Thailand, Medan in Indonesia and Phnom Penh in Cambodia. The same device can also be used to add a fourth daily flight to Bangkok and Phuket.
Also in Asia, Etihad is generally continuing its strong expansion. It is launching on Hanoi with six weekly flights by Boeing 787-9 and, after an absence of 11 years, is reopening a line on Peshawar, Pakistanwith a daily Airbus A320 service. While the number of frequencies on Karachi will double from two to four daily flights.
