Etihad Airways and partner Jet Airways together will
add 28 weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and India next year, including three
Indian cities not currently served by the carriers. On Feb. 1, Etihad, which
currently has 175 weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and 11 Indian cities, will
double its service between Abu Dhabi and Ahmedabad to twice daily.
Additionally, it will add a fourth daily flight to Kozhikode, in India's
southwestern Kerala province, on March 26. Jet Airways, in which Etihad has a
minority stake, will add daily service between Abu Dhabi and Tiruchirappalli in
southern India on Feb. 1 and to each Kannur and Chandigarh later in the year,
depending on when those airports are ready for the flights. On Jan. 15, the
carrier also will add a second daily service between Abu Dhabi and New Delhi. All
the new services are pending government approval.