Etihad

Etihad's financial situation - severely damaged by the carrier's unfortunate investments in "lame ducks" - and the fierce competition with its competitor Emirates and rival Qatar Airways, are weighing on the future of the Abu Dhabi carrier. A few months ago, the rating agency Fitch indicated that the airline...

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...

Over the past year and a half, Etihad has increasingly resembled a 'normal' airline, one for which profitability is the key criterion of its business. After years of unbridled expansion in terms of its network and fleet, and after the unsuccessful takeover of European airlines Alitalia and Airberlin, Etihad has drawn the...

Since July, Paris is the fifth destination to welcome an Etihad A380 after London, Melbourne, New York and Sydney. The introduction of the A380 on the Abu Dhabi-Paris route will make it possible to offer a seamless end-to-end product between France and Australia, for example. Above all, it will introduce new products...

Business travellers can gradually return to their normal routines. And airlines are regaining a little peace of mind... Etihad, Emirates and Turkish Airlines are no longer affected by the electronics ban imposed by the US authorities on 21 March. In practical terms, this means that business travellers leaving for the United States can now take their...

Have the Gulf companies taken notice of the latest ICCA rankings, which crowned Paris as the world's meetings capital? The fact remains that the French capital is attracting increased attention. A few days after the announcement by Emirates that it is to install a two-class A380 at Roissy and thus increase its capacity, it is Etihad's turn to announce new ambitions. The...

It was described as one of the most ambitious in the Gulf, with one of the fastest growth rates on the planet. In the space of a decade, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad has gone from a company generating some 300 million dollars in revenue to an airline group worth more than 26 billion. In ten years, Etihad has...

The agreement signed on Friday by Lufthansa and Etihad is a further step on the road to cooperation, even if it remains - for the time being - modest in scope. It simply provides for a code-share agreement on the Frankfurt-Abu Dhabi and Munich-Abu Dhabi routes (served by Etihad) and on the Frankfurt-Bogota and Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro routes (served by...

The new Premium Lounge, inaugurated on Thursday in New York, embodies the 'Facets of Abu Dhabi' identity promoted by Etihad Airways, echoing the new cabin interiors, livery and uniforms inspired by traditional Emirati design elements. Located in the heart of Terminal 4 at New York airport, close to the...

In its own way, Etihad Airways has just started the new school year several weeks early. The airline has just inaugurated its new Premium lounge in Terminal 1 at Abu Dhabi airport. In addition to Etihad Airways First and Business Class passengers, Etihad Guest Platinum members and Etihad Guest...