Abu Dhabi

It's becoming almost commonplace. Etihad has once again announced the opening of five new destinations. Since November 1, the carrier has landed three times a week in Tunis from Abu Dhabi (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday); in Hanoi five times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and twice on Sunday); in Chiang Mai in...

Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced the closure of its base in Abu Dhabi, marking a major strategic shift. The base, opened in 2020 in partnership with the local company Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, capitalised on the market for workers in the Emirates as well as visitors with higher incomes.

At the ITB tourism trade fair in Berlin, Etihad presented its new network offer, its business headquarters and the new Abu Dhabi pass offering a host of advantages to travellers in the Emirati capital. We spoke to Javier Alija, Vice President Global Sales & Distribution. What is the growth of Etihad's offer...

The Abu Dhabi-Dubai high-speed train project should help to promote sustainable mobility in the Emirates and improve the living environment of its inhabitants. It should also help to achieve the objectives of the carbon neutrality strategy planned for 2050. The announcement was officially made at the...

Last September, Air France announced the suspension of its Paris-Abu Dhabi route with the introduction of the winter timetable. A decision that seemed surprising given that the route had been inaugurated in October 2023. The airline had launched the route, pinning all its hopes on rapid development, with a flight operated on a frequent basis...

Six years: that's how far behind schedule the expansion of Abu Dhabi International Airport will be with the opening of a spectacular terminal, known in its day as the Midfield Terminal. Originally scheduled for completion in 2017, the terminal, renamed Terminal A, will have far exceeded all budget forecasts, with the total cost of construction now estimated at $3 billion....

The timetable is becoming clearer: Abu Dhabi International Airport indicated on 31 August that a new terminal would be inaugurated at the beginning of November. This should open up new horizons for the Emirati capital's hub. Terminal A must be able to handle 79 aircraft simultaneously and process no less than...

Air France is continuing to strengthen its long-haul routes. From 29 October 2023, the airline will be offering a new route between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The daily flight will be operated by an Airbus A350-900 with a capacity of 324 seats (34 in the Business cabin, 24 in the Economy cabin and...

Owned by Kempinski since it opened in 2005, the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi is now officially under the luxurious Mandarin Oriental banner. This handover had been in the pipeline since the announcement, at the end of 2019, of the takeover of this emblematic hotel in the Emirati capital, one of the most expensive in the world due to the cost of its...

Reed & Mackay is banking heavily on the Middle East, and the United Arab Emirates in particular. The business travel agency already opened an office in Dubai in spring 2016. It has now officially set up in Abu Dhabi, more specifically in Masdar City, the eco-city project that is taking shape next to the international airport....

It would be a revolution in a country where planes and big saloons are king and queen: a system of high-speed trains linking all the major cities in the United Arab Emirates. While the Middle East Rail 2022 conference is being held in Abu Dhabi, Shadi Malak, CEO of Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the...

You recently took part in IBTM Barcelona: how did you feel about holding an international show in times of crisis, with increased regulatory constraints and fewer visitors? Mubarak Al Shamisi - I don't know how many participants there were at IBTM, perhaps a few fewer than before, but the main thing is...

According to the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT Abu Dhabi), the Emirate reopened its doors to international travellers on 24 December. However, visitors must follow very strict entry procedures. According to the Department of Health, stringent health measures are required to ensure the safety of...

More than 70 years of waiting for this three-hour flight. On Monday, the first commercial flight of the Israeli airline El Al from Tel Aviv landed in Abu Dhabi. This historic flight follows the surprise announcement in mid-August of the normalisation of relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. It follows an agreement...

As part of its Etihad Greenliner initiative, the Emirati airline formed a strategic partnership with Boeing at the end of 2019. It is now continuing tests with the aircraft manufacturer to accelerate the technological development of a safer and more eco-responsible commercial aircraft. The ecoDemonstrator programme will use a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner as a test bed...

From the end of April, Etihad will be embarking on an unprecedented experiment in air transport health monitoring. Abu Dhabi airport, the airline's hub, will be equipped with self-service kiosks on which passengers' temperature, heart rate and respiratory rate will be measured....

Text Serge Barret / Photos Alain Parinet Photos are everywhere. Always in black and white, they are everywhere, on the walls of institutions, museums and old forts, but also in the beautiful books in the rooms of luxury hotels and in the free magazines for tourists. They are the...

Etihad is strengthening its services to London. From 27 October, the Abu Dhabi-based airline will be offering a fourth daily flight between the capital of the United Arab Emirates and Heathrow airport. This service will be offered at night from the British capital, departing at 9.05pm and arriving at 8.05am in Abu Dhabi, and...

Abu Dhabi's national airline, Etihad Airways, is known to be facing management difficulties, due in particular to its past investments in financially fragile airlines. The shareholder saw its subsidiaries AirBerlin and Etihad Regional (formerly Darwin Airlines) disappear last year and withdrew from Alitalia. The austerity cure...