Etihad Airways

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Etihad Airways Airbus A330-200

Etihad Airways Airbus A340-300

Etihad Airways is a national airline based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, operating routes to the Middle East, Europe, Asia, the Indian subcontinent and North America. Its main base is Abu Dhabi International Airport. Etihad Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

History

The airline was established in 2003 and started operations on November 13 2003. It is wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi.

World's Leading New Airline Award

In December 2004 it won the 'World's Leading New Airline Award' at the 11th World Travel Awards in Barbados.

Services

Etihad aims to fly to 70 destinations worldwide by 2010.

• Egypt
• *Cairo (Cairo International Airport)
• Morocco
• *Casablanca (Mohammed V International Airport)
• South Africa
• *Johannesburg (Johannesburg International Airport)
• Sudan
• *Khartoum (Khartoum International Airport)

• Bangladesh
• *Dhaka (Zia International Airport)

• India
• *New Delhi ( Indira Gandhi International Airport )
• *Mumbai ( Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport )
• *Trivandrum (in 2006)
• *Bangalore (in 2006)

• Pakistan
• *Karachi (Jinnah International Airport)
• *Islamabad (Islamabad International Airport)
• *Lahore (Allama Iqbal International Airport)
• *Peshawar (Peshawar International Airport)

• Sri Lanka
• *Colombo

• Indonesia
• *Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)
• Philippines
• *Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport)
• Thailand
• *Bangkok (Bangkok International Airport)

• Bahrain
• *Manama (Bahrain International Airport)
• Jordan
• *Amman (Queen Alia International Airport)
• Kuwait
• *Kuwait City (Kuwait International Airport)
• Lebanon
• *Beirut (Rafic Hariri International Airport)
• Oman
• *Muscat (Seeb International Airport)
• Qatar
• *Doha (Doha International Airport)
• Saudi Arabia
• *Dammam (King Fahd International Airport)
• *Riyadh (King Khalid International Airport)
• *Jeddah (King Abdulaziz International Airport)
• Syria
• *Damascus
• United Arab Emirates
• *Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi International Airport) Hub
• *Dubai

• Belgium
• *Brussels (Brussels Airport)
• France
• *Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
• Germany
• *Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)
• *Munich (Munich International Airport)
• Italy
• *Milan (Malpensa International Airport) (Starting summer-autumn, 2006)
• Switzerland
• *Geneva (Cointrin International Airport)
• United Kingdom
• *London
• **(London Heathrow Airport)
• **(London Gatwick Airport)
• *Manchester (Manchester International Airport)
• *Cardiff (Cardiff International Airport) (in 2006)

• Canada
• *Toronto (Toronto Pearson International Airport)
• United States
• *New York (John F. Kennedy International Airport)(Service begins 26th October 2006)

Fleet

The Etihad Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2006):

Type	Number	Seats	Notes
Airbus A330-200	11 (12 on order)
Airbus A340-300	1
Airbus A340-500	2 (2 on order)
Airbus A340-600	(4 on order)
Airbus A380	(4 on order)
Boeing 767-300	1
Boeing 777-300ER	5

The airline has placed orders for four Airbus A380 aircraft for delivery in 2007. It has also purchased 20 other Airbus aircraft, including four Airbus A340-500 (delivery from 2006), four Airbus A340-600 (delivery from 2007) and 12 Airbus A330-200 (delivery from 2006). The new aircraft will be deployed to further develop its expanding network in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and North America.It will shortly take delivery of its 3rd A340-500 on August 2006.

Cargo Division

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Etihad also has a cargo division named Etihad Crystal Cargo. Etihad Crystal Cargo flew the first commercial cargo flight between Abu Dhabi international airport and Frankfurt International Airport. Its fleet consists of the following (at March 2006):

Fleet

• 2 Airbus A300-600F
• 1 Airbus A310-300F

External links

• [Etihad Airways]
• [Etihad Airways (Al Ittihad)] - Company Profile
• [Etihad Airways Fleet Detail]
• [Etihad Airways Passenger Opinions]

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