Etihad Airways to Increase Singapore - Brisbane Flights

Etihad Airways is to increase flights between Brisbane and Abu Dhabi from three times a week to a daily service from 1 February 2013.

This will bring to 28 the total number of flights Etihad Airways operates between Australia and Abu Dhabi, together with partner airline Virgin Australia.

The additional four services will continue to operate via Singapore in both directions and provide a new daily link between the city pairs.

James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, said the increase in frequency was a game-changing move for the airline on the Abu Dhabi-Singapore-Australia route.

“Going daily to Brisbane and Singapore puts Etihad Airways in a stronger competitive position and will increase the airline’s brand footprint exponentially in these markets,” Mr. Hogan said. “Adding an extra 1048 seats per week to the route underscores the strategic importance of Singapore to our business and allows us to offer the corporate and leisure travel market a more appealing proposition: more flights, more convenience, improved connections and a wider choice of destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Gulf Cooperation Countries, and on the Virgin Australia domestic network.”

Etihad Airways commenced thrice weekly flights to Brisbane in October 2007. The Queensland capital was the airline’s second destination in Australia and the 43rd in its global network. Flights to Singapore commenced in September the same year.

Etihad operates an Airbus A330-200 aircraft on the Abu Dhabi-Singapore-Brisbane route. The aircraft is configured in two classes with 22 seats in Pearl Business Class and 240 seats in Coral Economy Class.

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