Etihad Airways will commence daily direct flights from Abu Dhabi to Perth, Western Australia, on July 15.
An Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 262 seats – 22 seats in business class and 240 in economy class – will operate the route.
Etihad Airways’ president and ce, James Hogan, says: “The new services will build the first-ever commercial air bridge between Perth and Abu Dhabi and will cater for the growing demand for travel between these two points and beyond to Africa, the Middle East and Europe.”
EY codeshares with Virgin Australia to Albany, Broome, Busselton, Derby, Esperance, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kununurra, Karratha, Learmonth, Paraburdoo, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe and Newman.
The new Perth flights augment EY’s existing services to Australia – double-daily to Sydney in conjunction with Virgin Australia, and daily to Brisbane and Melbourne.
