Dubai, August 23: Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is set to start a new service to Hyderabad in India as part of its winter 2009-10 schedule. The new winter flying programme starts on October 25.
The flying programme is set to grow almost 15 per cent larger by January 2010 than the same period last year with 950 flights planned to operate each week, a company release said.
The new flights to Hyderabad from November 2009 will join the airline?s newest routes to Chicago and Cape Town while there will be additional services to Athens, Istanbul, Beirut, Cairo, and Kathmandu.
Etihad Airways chief executive James Hogan said, “The winter programme demonstrates our commitment to provide greater depth to the Etihad Airways global flight network.
–PTI