Etihad Airways to increase Tokyo flights
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Etihad Airways announced it will fly daily be
tween Abu Dhabi and Tokyo from April 2nd, 2013. The airline commenced services to Tokyo in March 2010, with five non-stop flights a week to Narita airport. From inception, the airline has carried approximately 160,000 travellers between the two cities.
The daily service will support traffic growth between Abu Dhabi and Japan and connecting traffic to onward GCC destinations, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The additional services will also improve the connectivity in Abu Dhabi by 40%.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ president and CEO, believes the airline’s increase to daily flights will see a further strengthening of the close trade, tourism and cultural ties between UAE and Japan.
“Japan has been, and will continue to be, a key market for Etihad Airways and we look forward to playing an integral role in strengthening ties between the two countries. Abu Dhabi’s tourism offering has also developed rapidly in the past two years, and we believe there are significant opportunities to grow the Japanese leisure travel market as well,” added Hogan.
The daily flights to Tokyo will be operated by a two-class Airbus A330-200 aircraft, configured with 22 Pearl Business class and 240 Coral Economy class seats.
