Etihad Airways has doubled the number of flights and tripled the number of seats it offers between Abu Dhabi and Mumbai and New Delhi, adding a second daily service and introducing wide-bodied Airbus aircraft on both routes.
Under the expanded schedules, effective immediately, new mid-afternoon services to Mumbai and New Delhi are operated with 136-seat single-aisle Airbus A320s and existing late evening departures have been upgraded to larger aircraft.
On the Abu Dhabi-Mumbai route, the evening flight is now operated with a 292-seat Airbus A340-600 with 12 passengers in first class, 32 in business class and 248 in economy. This is the first Indian route on which Etihad has offered first class. The A340-600 will add 2 044 seats per week, taking the total from 952 to 2 996 seats in each direction – just over triple the previous capacity.
On the Abu Dhabi-New Delhi route, the evening service has been upgraded to a 254-seat Airbus A330-200, with 18 guests in business class and 236 in economy. This will add 1 778 seats per week to and from New Delhi, increasing from 952 seats to 2 730 in each direction – almost triple the previous capacity.
Etihad’s new flights will also be marketed by Jet Airways as an extension of the airlines’ existing codeshare partnership.
