Etihad Airways Boosts Seat Capacity on Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi Route
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Etihad Airways is increasing its passenger capacity on the Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi route by 11.3% starting November 9. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner will replace an Airbus A321 on one daily flight, adding 128 seats. The total number of weekly flights remains 42, but overall daily seat capacity will increase from 1128 to 1256. The expansion is driven by increased demand for transit flights to the Far East.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Etihad Airways will increase Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi flight capacity by 11.3% from November 9.
- A Boeing 787 Dreamliner will replace an Airbus A321 on one daily flight.
- The change adds 128 seats to one flight, increasing total daily capacity to 1256.
- Flight frequency remains six flights per day, or 42 weekly.
- The expansion is due to rising demand for transit flights to the Far East.
Etihad Airways will increase its passenger capacity on the Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi route by 11.3% starting November 9. The airline will deploy a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a wide-body aircraft with 316 seats, on one of its daily flights, replacing an Airbus A321 which has a capacity of 188 passengers. This change will add 128 seats to the specific flight departing Ben Gurion Airport at 14:00 and arriving in Abu Dhabi at 19:10. The overall number of seats on daily flights from Israel will rise from 1128 to 1256. The frequency of flights will remain unchanged at six per day, totaling 42 flights weekly. This expansion is attributed to a growing demand for transit flights via Abu Dhabi, particularly to destinations in the Far East.
