UAE nationwide provider, Etihad Airways, has introduced new additions to its community in addition to enhanced frequencies to plenty of locations.
This week, the airline stated that it’ll start working two new routes to the Indian Subcontinent, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram, in January 2024.
These two routes will complement the launch of 9 new locations introduced earlier this yr, together with Malaga, Mykonos, Lisbon, Kolkata, St Petersburg, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Osaka, and Boston. Etihad will function a four-times-weekly service to Boston from March 31, 2024, making it its fourth vacation spot within the US, becoming a member of Chicago, New York and Washington.
Aside from the brand new routes, Etihad has additionally confirmed enhanced frequencies to sure factors on its community together with Chennai (MAA), Islamabad (ISB), Kochi (COK), Madrid (MAD), Milan (MXP), Munich (MUC), Rome (FCO), and Phuket (HKT). Additionally, it is going to function a further 5 flights per week to make triple each day operations to Cairo, efficient from Jan 1. It can additionally fly seven direct flights per week with three flights efficient from Dec 1 and 4 flights efficient from Jan 1. Etihad stated that it’ll fly a further seven flights per week, with three flights efficient from Dec 1 and 4 flights efficient from Jan 1.
The airline stated that the up to date schedules have been timed for departures from Abu Dhabi at 2pm thereby “guaranteeing travellers and guests can totally expertise Abu Dhabi’s resorts and sights till their checkout time.”
Under is a abstract of the foremost modifications introduced by the airline:
| Vacation spot | Change | Whole Frequency | Begin Date |
| Dusseldorf | New route | 3 per week | September 28, 2023 |
| Copenhagen | New route | 4 per week | September 29, 2023 |
| Osaka | New route | 5 per week | October 1, 2023 |
| Lisbon | Prolonged year-round | 3 per week | October 29, 2023 |
| St Petersburg | New route | 3 per week | October 29, 2023 |
| Kozhikode | New route | 7 per week | January 1, 2024 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | New route | 7 per week | January 1, 2024 |
| Boston | New route | 4 per week | March 31, 2024 |
| Chennai | +7 per week | 21 per week | September 15, 2023 |
| Frankfurt | +4 per week | 11 per week | October 29, 2023 |
| Rome | +4 per week | 11 per week | November 4, 2023 |
| Amsterdam | Retimed | 7 per week | November 21, 2023 |
| Kochi | +8 per week | 21 per week | November 21, 2023 |
| Madrid | +3 per week | 10 per week | November 21, 2023 |
| Milan | +3 per week | 10 per week | November 21, 2023 |
| Munich | +3 per week | 10 per week | November 21, 2023 |
| Phuket | +7 per week | 14 per week | November 21, 2023 |
| Moscow | Retimed | 7 per week | December 1, 2023 |
| Cairo | +5 per week | 21 per week | January 1, 2024 |
| Colombo | 7 direct per week | 7 per week | January 1, 2024 |
| Islamabad | +2 per week | 14 per week | January 1, 2024 |
| Maldives (Male) | +7 per week | 14 per week | January 1, 2024 |
In just lately launched figures, Abu Dhabi Worldwide airport reported a 67 per cent enhance within the variety of passengers who handed by way of the airport between January 1 and June 30, 2023. It stated that 10,258,653 passengers did so within the first six months of this yr, in comparison with 6,158,376 passengers served through the corresponding interval final yr.
The locations with the very best passenger visitors served by Abu Dhabi Worldwide airport through the first half of 2023 included Mumbai (461,081), London (374,017), Delhi (331,722), Kochi (316,460) and Doha (261,117).
(Picture: Equipped by Etihad Airways)