Etihad to start more flights to Indian cities

Etihad Airways has announced that Mumbai and New Delhi will become its first destinations in India to be served with triple-daily flights, strengthening its offering with Jet Airways into and out of the country.
 
Both cities will be upgraded from their current double-daily frequencies, with the third daily flight to Mumbai starting on  February 15, 2015 and to New Delhi on  May 1, 2015.

Along with Jet Airways’ services, both airlines will connect Abu Dhabi to 14 Indian cities, with over 200 return flights each week. This includes five flights a day to Mumbai, four flights a day to New Delhi, three flights a day to Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi, two flights a day to Ahmedabad and Kozhikode, and daily flights to Jaipur and Thiruvananthapuram.
 
Etihad Airways will also launch a daily service to Kolkata, capital of West Bengal, on February 15, 2015.  Jet Airways has announced it will soon launch daily services between Abu Dhabi and Goa, Lucknow and Pune.
 
Etihad Airways has upgraded its aircraft on a number of Indian routes, including the debut of three-class, wide-body aircraft on select flights. The airline will also operate its new Boeing 787-9 on Mumbai evening services in January 2015.
 
James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, said, "India is expected to become the world’s third largest air passenger market within the next 20 years, and we are focused on providing travellers with the best possible offering into and out of the country, in terms of world-class service, extensive network coverage and multiple flight options each day.
 
"Already in the first half of 2014, more than 620,000 passengers flew on our India services, a substantial increase of 51 percent year-on-year. The launch of triple-daily services to Mumbai and New Delhi, our most popular routes in India, will allow us to meet the growing market demand,” said Hogan.






 

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