ETW STAFF – Mumbai
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is substantially increasing and upgrading flights to key cities in the Indian subcontinent. Starting from January 1, 2013 flights to Kozhikode will more than double, increasing from three to seven a week. The Sri Lankan capital of Colombo will also be serviced by daily flights when services increase from four to seven per week starting from January 2, 2013.
These increases will coincide with the re-introduction of the Pearl Business class product to cater for the growing business and corporate demand and high-end leisure traffic. The additional services will be operated by Airbus A320 aircraft fitted with 16 Pearl Business Class seats and will almost double capacity on both routes.
They will also improve the number of connections over the airline’s Abu Dhabi hub to over 370 connections a week for Kozhikode (representing an increase of 240 per cent).
