Etihad Airways Introduces Larger Aircraft On Three Key Asian Routes
Muhammad Irfan Published June 30, 2019 | 05:45 PM
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 30th Jun, 2019) Etihad Airways, UAE's national carrier, has upgraded services on three key Asian routes this week, introducing larger aircraft to accommodate growing demand.
Flights between the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, and two major Chinese cities, Shanghai and Chengdu, have been upgraded with next-generation Boeing 787 Dreamliners, while the South Korean city of Seoul has been boosted from a Dreamliner to an Airbus A380 ‘super jumbo’.
"Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing air transport region in the world, and China is the fastest-growing individual market," said Robin Kamark, Chief Commercial Officer of Etihad Airways.
"As we continue to modernise our aircraft fleet, and as we work with tourism partners to increase visitor numbers to Abu Dhabi, we are deploying newer, larger planes to key markets throughout our network," he added.
Chengdu, in south-central China, is a city of 7.
4 million people. Etihad has upgraded its daily Abu Dhabi – Chengdu flights from 262-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft to 299-seat Boeing 787s, a 14 percent increase in seats. Shanghai, China’s largest city, with a population of more than 24 million, has been upgraded from Boeing 787-9 aircraft to larger Boeing 787-10 jets, seating 336 passengers, up 12 percent.
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, with a population approaching 10 million, has been upgraded by Etihad from the Boeing 787-10 to the 494-seat Airbus A380, a massive 47 percent increase.
With the upgrades of the Shanghai and Chengdu routes, Etihad now operates Dreamliners to all four of its China gateways, having introduced these planes to Hong Kong and Beijing earlier this year. Recently, Dreamliners have also been deployed to London and Rome, and still, to come this year, Etihad will introduce these aircraft to markets including Frankfurt, Milan, Dublin, Johannesburg, and Lagos.
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