Etihad takes off on a new schedule to Brisbane

An Etihad Airways’ Airbus A330-200 painted in Manchester City Football Club colours that will operate on the commemorative today.

UAE’s national airline Etihad Airways  will commence its new schedule of daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Brisbane via Singapore this week. To mark the occasion Etihad Airways will operate ‘Blue Moon Rising’ – its Airbus A330-200 painted in Manchester City Football Club colours – on the commemorative flight today. Etihad is one of the owners of the British Premiership club. Etihad Airways president and chief executive officer James Hogan said the new daily service would add 1,048 seats a week to the Abu Dhabi-Singapore-Brisbane route. “The additional capacity puts Etihad Airways in a stronger than ever position and enables us to compete on a more level playing field than in the past.”