The United Arab Emirates’ national airline, Etihad Airways, has released its initial traffic figures for May 2024. With 1.5 million passengers flown, the airline’s monthly average passenger load factor was 84%.
We achieved a 38% year-to-date increase in passengers, underscoring our strong positive growth trajectory,” stated Antonoaldo Neves, CEO of Etihad Airways. Our Year-to-date (YTD) passenger count has reached 7.2 million, meaning we’ve already welcomed two million more passengers this year than the same period of 2023.” This helped to sustain a robust year-to-date load factor of 85% despite a notable rise in capacity compared to the same period in 2023.
We will have carried over 16 million passengers in our rolling 12-month passenger count through May 2024. “Our operating fleet size has increased by 15 aircraft yeGDP Growth in Saudi Arabia Exceeded the G20 Average.ar-on-year to 90, helping to fuel our growth,” the speaker continued.
“We put the first of the six A321neos scheduled for delivery in 2024 into service in May following intense months of work involving teams throughout the airline. These aircraft demonstrate our dedication to modern, more efficient aircraft, further expanding our network and frequencies while delivering a 20% fuel burn and CO2 emissions advantage.
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