Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates— Etihad Airways is to boost its services from Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow by adding a fourth year-round daily service between the two capitals, launching on 27 October 2019. The new service introduces a convenient mid-morning departure from Abu Dhabi and a late evening departure from London Heathrow and follows the introduction of additional seasonal services this summer.
The
airline will introduce a next-generation, two-class Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on
one of its four daily London services. The aircraft is configured with 299
seats - 28 Business Studios and 271 Economy Smart Seats. This complements the
three other services which are operated by Etihad’s 486-seat Airbus A380s,
which feature The Residence, a luxurious three-room cabin, nine private First
Apartments, 70 Business Studios and 405 Economy Smart Seats. These include 80
Economy Space seats with a seat pitch of up to 36 inches.
Robin
Kamark, Commercial Officer, Etihad Aviation Group Chief, said: “The flagship
Abu Dhabi to London route is tremendously popular with point-to-point business
and leisure travellers, and those transiting beyond our hub and we recently
boosted frequencies between the two cities to meet increased demand at peak
travel times. Adding a fourth year-round flight will provide much needed
capacity and optimised timings and easy connections to key destinations across
the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.
“The
new service demonstrates our commitment to the crucially important UK market,
and ensures we provide our customers with all the benefits of a next-generation
fleet across all 42 weekly departures to and from the United Kingdom.”
In
addition to the four daily flights into the UK capital, Etihad Airways also
operates two daily Boeing 787 Dreamliner services between Abu Dhabi and
Manchester.
Timetable: Abu Dhabi – London winter 2019/2020
schedule:
Flight
|
Ori
|
Dep
|
Dest
|
Arr
|
Freq
|
Air craft
|
EY11
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
02:40
|
London
Heathrow
|
06:45
|
Daily
|
Airbus A380
|
EY12
|
London
Heathrow
|
09:00
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
20:05
|
Daily
|
Airbus A380
|
EY19
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
08:05
|
London
Heathrow
|
12:00
|
Daily
|
Airbus A380
|
EY20
|
London
Heathrow
|
14:05
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
01:05*
|
Daily
|
Airbus A380
|
EY25
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
10:45
|
London
Heathrow
|
14:50
|
Daily
|
Airbus A380
|
EY26
|
London
Heathrow
|
20:00
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
07:00*
|
Daily
|
Airbus A380
|
EY17
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
13:40
|
London
Heathrow
|
17:45
|
Daily
|
Boeing 787-9
|
EY18
|
London
Heathrow
|
21:05
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
08:05*
|
Daily
|
Boeing 787-9
|
Note: All departures and arrivals are listed in local time. *Denotes
next day arrival