Etihad Airways is adding capacity to the US from next April with plans to increase frequencies on Abu Dhabi (AUH)-New York John F Kennedy (JFK) to double-daily.
The airline currently offers 11 flights per week on the route using a mix of Airbus A350-1000s and Boeing 787-9s. However, service will grow to 14 round trips per week from April 24, 2023.
“Etihad is responding to customer demand for increased frequency to New York,” said Martin Drew, SVP of global sales and cargo.
Before the pandemic, Etihad served AUH-JFK daily using A380s, providing 6,804 two-way weekly seats. After grounding its A380 fleet at the start of the crisis, the route was operated daily using 787-9s until July 2022 when the airline switched to the larger A350-1000.