Etihad launches daily flights to Chennai & Kozhikode

Etihad Airways has boosted its flying programme to India with the launch this week of daily flights from Abu Dhabi to Chennai (Madras) and Kozhikode (Calicut).
The two separate launches on Friday (1 August) of the new services increase the number of Indian destinations served by Etihad to six.
It brings the total number of global destinations now served by the Abu Dhabi-based airline to 47, a number which will rise to 50 by the end of 2008 with the launch of new services to Minsk in Belarus, Moscow in Russia and Almaty in Kazhakstan.
The airline announced also this week that Melbourne in Australia will be added to its route network early in 2009. James Hogan, Etihad Airways? chief executive, said: ?India is an enormously important market for Etihad and one we are very keen to expand further. The appetite for air travel between Abu Dhabi and India shows no sign of relenting and we hope to grow our Indian flying programme even further in the future.
06/08/08 Moneycontrol.com

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Categories: Foreign Aug 2008