Etihad Airways continues to grow its fleet, with the sixth Airbus A350-1000 joining the airline.
The state-of-the-art aircraft arrived during the weekend following a successful delivery flight from Toulouse, France.
Like other Etihad Airways A350s, it features a two-and-a-half class cabin, with Business Class, featuring privacy-focused sliding doors, wireless charging, and cutting-edge inflight entertainment systems whilst in Economy Class and Economy Space (the extra leg-space economy product), passengers are offered offers ergonomic seating, device holders, and Bluetooth connectivity with inflight entertainment.
It joins the airline’s widebody fleet, made up of the Airbus A380, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 787-10.
Deployment
With the range the Airbus A350-1000 offers as well as its passenger amenities, this aircraft will be a flexible aircraft for the missions it will fly. This summer, Etihad will begin operating the A350 to Atlanta, its newest and sixth gateway into North America and one of 16 new routes Etihad is launching this year.
That flexibility is important, given that these aircraft are sent around the globe, supporting its network at Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi.
For the airline, it will be also mean lower costs in the longer term as it phases out older aircraft that guzzle fuel – improving sustainablity, as well as the bottom line.
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