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Etihad Airways has appointed Adam Phillips as its new country manager for Malaysia. Mr Phillips has 10 years of aviation experience and moves to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from his current role as Etihad Airways's head of alliances, having joined the airline in May 2007. He takes over in the Etihad Kuala Lumpur office from Lindsay White who has moved to become Etihad's country manager in Australia. Geert Boven, executive vice president of sales and services at Etihad Airways, said: "Adam has a...

Etihad Airways has announced that it will launch a new service to Moscow, Russia, from its Abu Dhabi home base in the United Arab Emirates, on December 1, 2008. The airline has also announced that it will launch a new service to Almaty, Kazakhstan, on December 2, 2008. Etihad will operate five flights a week to Moscow and four flights a week to Almaty. Etihad will operate to Moscow on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with a two-class Airbus A319, configured to carry 104 passengers...

Etihad appoints vice president flight operations Etihad Airways has appointed Captain Christoph Schippel as the airline's new vice president flight operations. In his new position Captain Schippel will be responsible for all aspects of Etihad's flight operations which include ensuring that flights operate under the highest standards of safety and efficiency set by the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Reporting to Captain Richard Hill, Etihad's executive vice president...

Etihad Launches Flights to Melbourne in 2009Always on the rise of expanding its flying networks Etihad Airways will launch non-stop daily services from its Abu Dhabi home-base to Melbourne, Australia starting March 2009. Melbourne, which has a population of nearly four million people and is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria, will become the third destination in Australia to be served by Etihad. James Hogan, Etihad Airways' chief executive officer, said: "Since the successful...

United Arab Emirates-based Etihad Airways has launched twice-weekly service to Minsk, Belarus. The airline operates one of its new Airbus A319 aircraft on the twice-weekly Minsk service, configured to carry 104 passengers with 20 in business class and 84 in economy class. The service operates every Tuesday and Thursday. A third weekly flight will be added every Saturday from October 2008. James Hogan, CEO of Etihad Airways, said: "We are extremely excited to help to further strengthen the...

Maktoob Research has revealed the findings of a comprehensive syndicated study on the travel industry in the UAE and KSA. The online survey, titled 'The TravelMonitor', canvassed the opinions of 2,457 UAE and Saudi adult residents who travel at least once a year, and covered topics ranging from travel preferences and trends, brand awareness and usage, customer satisfaction levels and customer needs in both the airline and hospitality sectors. Emirates was voted the region's top airline,...

August 6, 2008According to anba: Brazil and the United Arab Emirates have expanded the flight agreement that has been in place since 2004. During meetings promoted on Thursday and Friday last week, in Rio de Janeiro, representatives of the governments of both countries decided to authorise new passenger and cargo flights. According to Sidney Alves Costa, head advisor at the Institutional Relations Secretariat at the Presidency of the Republic, who participated in the meetings, the negotiation...

Etihad becomes first gulf airline to fly to Belarus Etihad Airways became the first airline from the Gulf region to fly to Belarus this week when the Abu Dhabi-based carrier launched a twice-weekly service to the country's capital, Minsk. The inaugural Abu Dhabi to Minsk flight on Tuesday 5 August was met on arrival with a traditional 'water-arch' provided by the airport authorities as it taxied to its parking bay. On arrival, passengers were greeted by a VIP welcoming committee,...

Einstein to attract over 2.3m visitors - 360,000 visitors already seen 140 million year-old dinosaur " Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA) has been inundated with visitors flocking to see its 140 million year old resident guest, situated in the Arrivals Hall at Terminal 1. Einstein arrived at the airport on 17 July 2008 and in the first two weeks since in his new home, around 360,000 travellers, residents and visitors have stopped by to examine the 23 metre, 4.5 tonne Apatosaurus...

Etihad Airways has boosted its flying programme to India with the launch this week of daily flights from Abu Dhabi to Chennai (Madras) and Kozhikode (Calicut). The two separate launches on Friday (1 August) of the new services increase the number of Indian destinations served by Etihad to six. It brings the total number of global destinations now served by the Abu Dhabi-based airline to 47, a number which will rise to 50 by the end of 2008 with the launch of new services to Minsk in Belarus,...