Etihad Airways is launching a third daily flight on the Abu Dhabi – Bengaluru route this year, effective March 26. The thrice daily schedule will provide greater choice to local passengers travelling between the two cities, and improved connectivity to destinations across the GCC, North America and Europe via the airline’s hub in Abu Dhabi.
With a new daily late night departure from Abu Dhabi, and early morning service from Bengaluru operated with a two-class Airbus 321, the schedule provides additional connectivity to and from a number of destinations, including Doha, Jeddah, London, Dublin, New York and Dallas.
Peter Baumgartner, CEO, Etihad Airways, said, “Our expanded services between Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru are in line with Etihad Airways’ strategy to offer greater travel options when aircraft availability and market conditions permit. The extra flights to Bengaluru will cater to the strong demand between both cities, and bring closer our global network to and from Bengaluru over our Abu Dhabi hub.”
Etihad Airways launched flights to Bengaluru in January 2011 with four services a week, rising to daily two months later. It has steadily grown capacity with additional frequencies and aircraft upgrades to its current twice daily operation. Over 700,000 passengers have been flown on the route over the past six years.
Partner carrier Jet Airways will codeshare on Etihad Airways’ enhanced Bengaluru services, and also offer connectivity from Bengaluru to destinations across India.
