Etihad to expand services to India

Dubai: Etihad Airways, the UAE's national airline, is set to expand its services to India with the launch of two new routes from Abu Dhabi to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
The new cities will double Etihad's destinations in India to four, joining highly successful services to the commercial capital Mumbai and national capital New Delhi.
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Thiruvananthapuram will begin on May 31, 2007 and to Kochi on June 3, 2007.
Etihad will also increase the frequency on its Abu Dhabi to New Delhi route from three flights-per-week to a daily service at the beginning of June 2007, which will see the total number of Etihad flights to India each week rise from 10 to 21.
Etihad will operate the Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi services three and four times-per-week respectively and both routes are expected to increase to daily flights from October 2007.
Etihad will operate a three cabin Airbus A340-500 aircraft on the new
24/03/07 Khaleej Times, UAE

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Categories: Foreign Mar 2007