Aircraft

The retrofit process involves stripping each aircraft’s interior before installing thousands of new components, including more than 4,000 parts on each A380 and 2,500 parts on every Boeing 777

The fleet renewal and expansion comes just two years after the airline, part-owned by Air France-KLM, came out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy following years of financial difficulties

As aviation networks and traffic continue to expand, Airbus forecasts the need for more than 265,000 people to be employed in the sector over the next two decades

To maintain growth momentum, Etihad accelerated the induction of leased aircraft and reintroduced seven A380 aircraft into service

The tally brings deliveries so far this year to around 243 aircraft, down 5 per cent from the first five months of 2024

It features cutting-edge computer vision and LiDAR-based 3D scanning for precise mapping, target detection, and obstacle avoidance