Etihad Airways flies into 2025 with 1.7m travellers in January

Etihad Airways welcomed 1.7m guests in January 2025.

This is an 18 per cent rise on the same period last year, and a passenger load factor of 89 per cent compared to 86 per cent for January 2024.

Read: Air Arabia reports record Dhs1.6bn pre-tax profit in 2024

According to a Wam report, the Abu Dhabi-based airline’s traffic statistics for the month show that it started the year with continued strong performance.

“We saw a strong traffic result for January, signalling continued upward momentum, with a particularly robust passenger load factor as guests continue to choose to fly with Etihad. Alongside these strong figures, I am delighted to note continued growing guest approval, with January at a record level for customer satisfaction,” Antonoaldo Neves, CEO of Etihad Airways, said.

“We also announced further increase in frequencies to our network, including plans to go triple-daily to Milan from November 2025 and four-daily to Bangkok from February 2026,” he added.