Etihad Airways to increase flights to Casablanca

Etihad Airways has unveiled plans to increase its services to Casablanca to provide daily flights from 28 March 2013.

The airline, which celebrated its seventh anniversary of operations to the Moroccan capital in June 2012, currently flies five times a week between Casablanca and the Emirate.

The daily service will support traffic growth between Abu Dhabi and Casablanca and connecting traffic to many popular onward GCC destinations including Jeddah, and cities such as Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Sydney.

The additional services will improve the connectivity in Abu Dhabi by 50%.

James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “The Moroccan capital has been a successful destination for us and retains strong volumes of business and leisure passengers throughout the year. We believe there are good prospects for further growth in the region ... Abu Dhabi’s geographical location makes it ideal as a gateway for air travellers from Morocco to connect easily and quickly to markets in Australia, Asia and throughout the Arabian [Persian] Gulf.”

The daily service will also strengthen connectivity with codeshare partner, Royal Air Maroc, giving Etihad Airways’ passengers more choice to connect to domestic Moroccan destinations and other points in West Africa.

Etihad Airways operates a three cabin A330-300 aircraft between Abu Dhabi and Casablanca, configured to carry eight passengers in Diamond First class, 32 passengers in Pearl Business class, and 191 passengers in Coral Economy class.