Etihad Airways has announced that it will commence flying its A380 double-decker aircraft on the Abu Dhabi to Paris Charles de Gaulle route from 1 November, 2024. Paris will become the third major city to experience Etihad’s A380 service, joining London and New York. Antonoaldo Neves, Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, said, “As a
Amidst a host of firsts for the aviation industry, the COVID-19 outbreak has seen Etihad Airways operate the first direct commercial flight from the UAE to Israel. A twin-jet Boeing 787-9 departed Abu Dhabi on 19 May bound for Tel Aviv, carrying humanitarian aid and medical supplies destined for Palestinian communities in the West Bank
A joint venture between Dubai-based Etihad Airways and Doha-based Air Arabia has been awarded an Air Operating Certificate (AOC) by UAE authorities.
Etihad has been providing 15,000 meals a day to people self-isolating, under quarantine or involved in frontline medical treatment for coronavirus.
United Airlines has reported a $2.1 billion loss for the first quarter of 2020 due to the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic, its biggest drop since the global recession of 2008.
Etihad Airways is testing a number of automated medical scanners in partnership with Australian company Elenium.
