Etihad Airways flights connect India with Kuwait, Sudan

June 20, 2006 (MUMBAI) — The UAE national airline Etihad Airways Tuesday announced the launch of flights connecting India with Kuwait and Khartoum with a stopover at Abu Dhabi, .

The new flights will start July 1 and July 5 respectively, the Indian IANS reported.

Etihad Airways, twice winner of ‘The world’s leading new airline’ award, currently operates seven weekly flights from Mumbai and three weekly flights from New Delhi to UAE capital Abu Dhabi, and will add six flights a week to Kuwait.

‘The airline is growing at a phenomenal pace, adding almost one new route a month. The importance of the Indian market to us can be gauged from the fact that India is the third largest country in our network,’ Etihad Airways area manager (Western And Southern India) Neeraja Bhatia said Tuesday.

‘With the launch of these new services from India, Etihad Airways will have added 14 new destinations to its network in just five months. We will now offer passenger and cargo flights to 34 destinations across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa and North America from India.’

Kuwait is a popular route for both intra-regional and global business travellers. The new service will also increase the capabilities of Etihad Crystal Cargo, to carry a maximum of 20 tonnes of cargo on each flight.

Etihad Airways has recently launched flights from India to Jeddah, Casablanca and Doha via Abu Dhabi.

‘Jeddah is Etihad’s third destination in the Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Dammam. We are offering more seats and more choice to over two million (Muslim) pilgrims who travel through Jeddah to for the annual Haj.

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