Dubai International cut back flights by about 26 per cent for 80 days from May 1 as both its runways were upgraded.
The budget airline announced that it will begin services to Bujumbura in Burundi, Entebbe in Uganda and Kigali in Rwanda.
The carrier is set to receive the first delivery of the new widebody aircraft in the fourth quarter of this year.
Etihad CEO James Hogan says he supports the need for “absolute clarity” regarding its 33.3 per cent stake in Swiss carrier Darwin.
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation said that Darwin, rebranded as Etihad Regional, has until Sept. 30 to make changes to the agreement.
The US Federal Aviation Administration said the move was taken after “updated assessment of risk” and a lack of airlines wishing to fly in the airspace.
The low-cost carrier will operate three flights per week from its new hub in Ras Al Khaimah to Chittagong from September 2.
The first phase of the project is expected to boost the airport’s capacity from 13 to 30 million annual passengers.
Doha airline will serve capital Asmara twice weekly from December
The decline in traffic was mainly due to the upgrade work at Dubai International Airport that lasted for 80 days, the UAE’s aviation authority said.
Passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International airport is expected to be higher still in the second half of this year, an official said.
The new equine service, called SkyStables, is being rolled-out across Etihad Cargo’s network of 44 freighter destinations.
The airline will add four flights to Tehran and Muscat each and two flights to Islamabad.
The Dubai-based carrier is the world’s largest operator of Airbus’ A380 jets.
Lufthansa also said that the airlines within its group would continue to avoid Iraqi airspace on transit flights.
The freighter business of Abu Dhabi carrier Etihad will operate twice weekly services to the Russian capital from August 13.
Headquartered in Delhi, the carrier will take delivery of its first plane, an Airbus A320-200, in September
Frequent flyer programmes, with their rich customer data, have become a currency of their own.
Paul Gregorowitsch joins Oman Air after a stint as a management board member in German carrier Air Berlin.
The fire was quickly put out and all 349 passengers and 19 crew safely disembarked at the airport.
The plane crashed into the Azad residential block on Mina 6 Boulevard due to an engine shutdown, Iran’s official news agency reported.
Etihad’s flights to Basra and Baghdad will continue to operate as normal, the carrier said.
Etihad has set out its “roadmap” to return the troubled Italian carrier to profit by 2017.
Del Torchio, previously the CEO of motorcycle maker Ducati, was recruited last year to help bring the struggling flagship carrier back to profit.
The airline said its second quarter net profit amounted to Dhs173 million ($47.1 million), up from Dhs76 million in the corresponding period in 2013.
In addition to Etihad’s investment, which will pay for a 49 per cent stake in the Italian carrier, shareholders also agreed to a 300 million euro capital hike.
Emirates was the chief noisemaker at the recently concluded Farnborough International Airshow, confirming its ambition to be a long haul leader.
The deal foresees Etihad taking a 49 per cent stake in Alitalia and investing 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in the airline over the next three years.
The Dubai-based carrier will add a second daily service to Morocco from September.
The growth in passenger traffic was mainly due to the temporary shift of almost 600 flights from Dubai International during the runway upgrade project.