Etihad Airways has said it plans to triple its passenger numbers and double its fleet of planes within the next 7 years.
Outlining the Abu Dhabi-based carrier’s “next chapter of growth”, in an interview with The National, Etihad Airways chief executive Antonoaldo Neves said the carrier plans to have 150 planes in its fleet and be carrying 30 million passengers by 2030.
Mr Neves said part of Etihad’s growth plan involves increasing flight frequencies to key European cities.
“What we have to aspire to is to be one of the best airlines in the world, and I think we are, but we need to push the bar higher because everyone is pushing it higher and we cannot stop improving,” Mr Neves said in the interview.
“We need scale to do that and our customers want scale, they don’t want us to have only one flight a day to Paris or Geneva. Size matters here as long as we’re profitable.”
