Etihad Airways to up capacity on Indian routes

Mumbai: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, plans to double the capacity of the existing flights from Mumbai and Delhi shortly.
The airline now operates 10 flights, 7 from Mumbai and 3 from Delhi— to Abu Dhabi each week.
“We are looking at enhancing Mumbai services to 14 flights a week and daily flights from Delhi,” said Etihad Airways Area Manager (Western & Southern India) Neerja Bhatia.
She said the airline is looking for the possibility of adding two or three cities to its existing network and planning to buy new aircraft to its fleet of aircraft by the end of this year.
Looking at growing need of airlines by large Indian community in Gulf and beyond in UK and North America, Etihad is planning for heavy investment in coming years to meet requirements, a airline executive said.
20/05/06 P R Sanjai/Business Standard

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