Etihad launches Flights to Toronto

Etihad Airways has launched flights on its new route from Abu Dhabi to Toronto, via Brussels.

H.E Dr Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saif Al Nahyan, the Chairman of Etihad Airways and Chairman of the Civil Aviation Department of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, said, “Our first trans-Atlantic flight to Toronto after only two years of operations heralds further growth for Etihad Airways and will be a launch pad for our services to the USA in summer 2006. Guests are key to our strategic development and the new route will provide choice and flexibility when traveling to Europe and North America, an essential route for trade and tourism.”

Etihad Airways will provide three weekly flights to Canada and Belgium.

To further exploit the opportunities of this new destination Etihad Airways has entered into its first code-share agreement with SN Brussels Airlines - which enables the airline’s guests to fly to a greater number of important European cities like Rome, Lyon, Strasbourg, Geneva, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Oslo, Berlin, Tempelhof, Hamburg and Vienna, among other important European destinations.

Providing one of the shortest connecting routes between the Middle East and North America, Etihad Airways flight EY 501 will depart from Abu Dhabi to Brussels at 13.05 hours every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and then depart from Brussels to Toronto at 18.50 hours, arriving in Toronto at 21.30 hours.

On the return, Etihad flight EY 502 will fly from Toronto to Brussels at 23.00 hours and then depart Brussels to Abu Dhabi at 13.45 hours the next day, arriving in Abu Dhabi at 23.20 hours.

Etihad will use an A330-200 on the new route configured to hold 18 in Diamond, 36 in Pearl, and 171 passengers in Coral.

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