Etihad Airways increases Frankfurt service

Etihad Airways, the state airline of the United Arab Emirates, plans an increase its Abu Dhabi to Frankfurt flights from 10 to 13 each week starting on December 12 and eventually increasing to twice daily service on March 28, 2010.

Etihad’s flights to Frankfurt, which were launched in June 2005, are among the most popular of its European services, providing high volumes of traffic into Abu Dhabi as well as transit traffic to destinations like Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney.

James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ CEO said: “Frankfurt has been one of Etihad’s most successful destinations because it retains strong volumes of business and leisure passengers throughout the year. Abu Dhabi’s geographical location makes it ideal as a gateway for air travellers from Germany to connect to Australia, the Far East and throughout the Middle East easily and quickly.”

Customers on Etihad to Germany from destinations across the world can now choose from a morning or evening departure to Frankfurt, allowing a smooth transfer through Abu Dhabi airport.  The new flight schedule ensures that passengers flying out of Frankfurt will be able to choose from more than 80 connecting flights out of Abu Dhabi with connection times of less than four hours.  The connecting possibilities include Bangkok, Sydney, Melbourne, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Kathmandu and Beijing.

Etihad operates a three cabin A330-200 aircraft between Abu Dhabi and Frankfurt, configured to carry 10 passengers in first class, 26 passengers in business class and 164 passengers in economy class.