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Etihad to begin third daily from Bangalore – Bangalore Aviation

Etihad to begin third daily from Bangalore

Middle-eastern carrier Etihad Airways will launch a third daily flight from Bangalore to Abu Dhabi from 26 March 2017. The new flight will allow the airline to offer passengers from Bangalore more connections to Europe and North America via it’s Abu Dhabi hub. The flight will be operated using a two class Airbus A321.

The new flight’s late night departure from Abu Dhabi, and early morning service from Bengaluru will provide additional connectivity to Doha, Jeddah, London, Dublin, New York, Dallas and other routes. Etihad’s partner carrier Jet Airways also operates a daily flight between the two cities on it’s 737-800, the flight carry’s Etihad codeshares and connect to Etihad flights in Abu Dhabi.

Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways Chief Executive Officer

“Our expanded services between Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru are in line with Etihad Airways’ strategy to offer greater travel options when aircraft availability and market conditions permit.
“The extra flights to Bengaluru will cater to the strong demand between both cities, and bring closer our global network to and from Bengaluru over our Abu Dhabi hub.”


Daily flight schedule between Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru, effective 26 March 2017 (* indicates new flight)

Flight No.

Origin

Departs

Destination

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

EY 286

Abu Dhabi

02:45

Bengaluru

 08:15

Daily

Airbus 320

EY 287

Bengaluru

09:55

Abu Dhabi

12:25

Daily

Airbus 320

EY 236

Abu Dhabi

14:25

Bengaluru

19:55

Daily

Airbus 321

EY 237

Bengaluru

22:10

Abu Dhabi

00:40 +1

Daily

Airbus 321

EY 216 *

Abu Dhabi

21:45

Bengaluru

03:15 +1

Daily

Airbus 321

EY 217 *

Bengaluru

04:35

Abu Dhabi

07:05

Daily

Airbus 321

Etihad and Jet operate this route using only narrow body aircraft compared to middle-eastern rivals Emirates and Qatar Airways, both of whom deploy their Boeing 777-300ER’s on this route.

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