Etihad Airways’ operated its first Airbus A350 passenger flight from its Abu Dhaibi hub to Toronto Pearson Airport on October 27. The carrier is also due to start daily flights to Boston November 1, six months after launching the route. The airline now flies 42 times a week to North America: twice daily to New York JFK, and daily to Boston, Chicago, Toronto and Washington DC.
Etihad Cargo will meanwhile introduce additional frequencies to existing routes and a new passenger destination, Nairobi in its new winter schedule from November 2024.
In Europe, it will add 36 weekly flights, with Frankfurt, Paris, Rome and Milan moving to double-daily services along with additional flights to Manchester, Zurich and Düsseldorf. In Southeast Asia, services to Thailand will increase by nine flights, with Bangkok reaching triple-daily frequency and Phuket increasing to 20 flights weekly. In the US, flights to Boston will increase from four to daily.
In South Asia and the Indian Ocean, the Malé route, which currently has 14 weekly flights, will switch entirely to widebody aircraft starting from December 15. Additionally, widebody frequencies will increase for Bengaluru from two to three flights per week, and Hyderabad will increase from nine to 11 flights weekly.
The new A320 route to Nairobi, also launches on December 15 with four weekly flights.
Etihad is also promised further additional capacity in summer 2025, with 41 extra flights per week to Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Middle East including double-daily flights to Manchester, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, and Zurich. In June 2025, it will introduce two new destinations—Warsaw and Prague—with four weekly flights to each.