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Etihad Aviation Group celebrates 2018 as the Year of Zayed

  Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has announced a year-long programme of activities and humanitarian initiatives to mark 2018 as the Year of Zayed.Etihad’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi inaugurated its Year of Zayed activities yesterday by holding a flag-raising ceremony attended by employees. The aviation group's offices and buildings around the world are now adorned with Sheikh Zayed's inspiring...

Etihad Holidays partners with AccorHotels

Etihad Holidays, the leisure holiday division of Etihad Airways, has announced a new partnership with world leading hotel operator, AccorHotels, to provide an even greater choice of hotels for its guests whilst ensuring a more efficient and cost effective booking experience.  The new collaboration means that guests of Etihad Holidays’, which is dynamically connected to a number of...

Etihad Airways appoints Fatma Al Mehairi

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has appointed Fatma Al Mehairi as General Manager for Canada.  Fatma is the first female Emirati to be named General Manager of a region at the airline. In total, more than 130 Emirati women are employed in various management development programs as part of the airline’s workforce. Based in Toronto, Fatma will lead the...

Etihad Holidays launches “Abu Dhabi: Sunshine guaranteed or your next holiday for free” Campaign

Etihad Holidays has launched a new campaign promising “guaranteed sunshine or your next holiday for free” to attract more UK based visitors to holiday in Abu Dhabi.  The initiative aims to bring more business and leisure travellers to the UAE capital over the summer months. The “Abu Dhabi: sunshine guaranteed or your next holiday for free” campaign will apply to every booking that consists of...

New freighter arrives in Abu Dhabi to join Etihad Cargo fleet

Etihad Cargo has taken delivery of a new Boeing 777 freighter which will enable the freight arm of Etihad Airways to continue its expansion plans into 2016. The aircraft becomes the 11th freighter in the fleet and will enter commercial service on 1st March 2016.  Etihad Cargo announced it would take delivery of the two additional aircraft at the Dubai Air Show last year, and they form part of...

Etihad Airways presented with Air Transport World’s Airline of the Year 2016 award

Leading aviation title honours UAE national carrier for strong leadership in developing unique growth strategy and setting global industry benchmarks  Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi-based national airline of the United Arab Emirates, was this evening (Feb 15) presented with the coveted Airline of the Year 2016 award by the prestigious US-based aviation industry publication Air Transport World...

Etihad Airways President and CEO reaffirms commitment to State of Maharashtra

James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, today met the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Hon. Devendra Fadnavis, to reaffirm the Abu Dhabi-based airline’s commitment to the Indian state and its capital Mumbai.  Mr Hogan, accompanied by Vijay Poonoosamy, the airline’s Vice President, International & Public Affairs and Neerja Bhatia, General Manager – India, met Chief...

Etihad Airways experiences record guest numbers during Eid-Al-Fitr

Etihad Airways has experienced one of the busiest travel periods in the history of the airline with 291,518 guests flying across its global network during Eid-Al-Fitr, an increase of 12 per cent on the 260,641 guests flown in the same five day period in 2014.  The load factor out of Abu Dhabi during this period rose from 82.1 per cent in 2014 to 82.3 per cent in 2015, with a network-wide seat...

Etihad Airways launches community outreach activities in Kenya

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, in collaboration with the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), today launched two community outreach activities in Kenya with donations of blankets and school supplies to the Dream Children’s Home, and the Children in Freedom organisation.  Located between Ngong and Matasia just outside Nairobi, the Dream Children’s Home was...

Etihad Airways and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have signed a codeshare agreement which will provide travelers with enhanced connections between the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and beyond.

Etihad Airways will place its EY code on PIA flights between Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Abu Dhabi. In return, PIA’s PK code will be placed on Etihad Airways’ flights between Abu Dhabi and Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore and PK code will also be added to Etihad Airways’ flights from Abu Dhabi to many of the global destinations operated by Etihad Airways.   Flights can be booked from...

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, will connect the Middle East to the Scottish capital with the launch this week (12 Jun 2015) of daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Edinburgh.

Edinburgh is Etihad Airways’ first Scottish destination, and its third point in the UK, alongside a triple-daily operation to London Heathrow and double-daily flights to Manchester. The new service is operated with a two-class Airbus A330-200 aircraft, offering a total of 22 seats in Business Class and 240 seats in Economy Class. It will provide connections through the Abu Dhabi hub to the...

Etihad Airways commences luxurious A380 services to Sydney

Etihad Airways much-anticipated A380 arrives in Sydney tonight, beginning an exciting new era of luxury travel on the Sydney-Abu Dhabi and Sydney-London routes. The A380 features The Residence by EtihadTM, the airline’s luxurious private three-room suite in the sky, a first in commercial aviation, as well as groundbreaking innovations in all cabins. The inaugural Abu Dhabi-Sydney A380 flight –...

Etihad Airways new B787 Dreamliner announced for Singapore

07 May 2015 10:00 Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today announced a significant enhancement to its Abu Dhabi-Singapore route with the deployment of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from 1 August 2015.  State-of-the-art aircraft with ground-breaking First Suites, Business Studios and Economy Smart Seat to operate to Singapore from 1 August 2015 New schedule...

Madrid Service To Bring Greater Choice For Travellers

Etihad Airways’ direct non-stop flights between Abu Dhabi and Madrid bring more choice for travellers as the airline connects Spain to its rapidly expanding flight network.   Speaking at a media gathering in Madrid to mark the start of the new capital to capital link, James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, said the airline’s global network brings major benefits to...

Etihad Airways and Jet Airways will be the official airline partners and principal sponsors for the Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) team, the Mumbai Indians, for the 2015 Twenty20 tournament.

The announcement was made ahead of the Mumbai Indian’s first match against the Kolkata Knight Riders in West Bengal on 8 April. It will be the second consecutive year that Etihad Airways and Jet Airways have partnered with the Mumbai Indians, which has become one of the largest sports brands in India and followed by millions of cricket fans around the world. Crowned champions of the 2013 IPL,...

Etihad Airways Announces New Appointments within Global Sales Team

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced new key appointments within its commercial division which will support the airline’s growth and expansion plans.   Amer Khan has been appointed to the position of Regional General Manager for Middle East and North Africa, responsible for managing Etihad Airways’ commercial operations across 16 countries from...

Open skies is a model of success, says Etihad Airways president and chief executive officer

Open Skies has been “a model of success, generating enormous benefits for travellers and for airlines in the US, the UAE and around the world,” said James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, speaking today at the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 14th Annual Aviation Summit in Washington, DC.  In his first public comments since three US airlines launched a...

Etihad Airways sends off first batch of pilots to UAE s national service program

Etihad Airways, the National airline of the United Arab Emirates, has marked the sendoff of its first batch of pilots enrolled in the UAE’s national military service with an information session attended by the airlines’ senior management.   Fifteen Etihad Airways’ pilots have enrolled in the National Service’s 20 week pilot program specially devised in collaboration with the National Service...

The new Etihad guest membership card: miles, cash+currencies all in one

Etihad Airways’ award-winning loyalty program, Etihad Guest is making travel more convenient by introducing a new payment feature onto its membership card. walletplus™, powered by Visa, allows members to load travel money onto their Etihad Guest card and convert it to 11 different foreign currencies to spend whenever they are travelling abroad.  The membership card can be loaded in advance,...