Etihad Airways

UAE

Etihad Airways is one of the two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates and the country's second-largest airline after Emirates. Its head office is in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, and its main base is Zayed International Airport. As of July 2025 it flew a fleet of 107 Airbus and Boeing aircraft to more than 120 passenger and cargo destinations.

Condé Nast Traveller (UK) readers placed Etihad at No. 4 in the Readers' Choice Awards in both 2025 and 2026. AirHelp ranked it No. 2 in its AirHelp Score 2025. Travel + Leisure listed it No. 9 among international airlines in 2025 and 2026, with a 2025 reader score of 84.93, and AirlineRatings.com put it at No. 10 among full-service airlines for 2026.

The name Etihad means "union" in Arabic and stands for the unity of the seven emirates. The airline was created by an Amiri decree in July 2003 and began commercial flights on 12 November 2003 with a service to Beirut. It received its first Airbus A380 in December 2014 and reported its first full-year net profit, 14 million US dollars, in 2011. Besides passenger flights it runs Etihad Holidays and Etihad Cargo.

Sources of this text: Wikipedia · Condé Nast Traveller (UK) · Travel + Leisure · AirlineRatings.com · AirHelp

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