BiziBB
Oct 7, 08, 5:53 pm
Over the past few days media have published stories on the 35% growth of Etihad this year. That's quite amazing considering the economy in most of the world, along with record oil prices and fare increases.
Here are some measures of EY's growth, based on many new routes but also some considerable success in extra long-haul flights to and from Australia and Asia.
2007 Q1-Q3:
3.3 million passengers @ 68% seat factor
38 aircraft fleet
2008 Q1-Q3:
4.4 million passengers @ 75% seat factor
42 aircraft fleet
See story* for 2008 load factors for services to your airport.
Etihad passenger count up 35% (http://www.aviationrecord.com/news-articles.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=1328) [AviationRecord.com]
...All Etihad’s cabins experienced increased seat factors compared to the same period in 2007 during the first nine months of 2008.
Etihad’s services to Asia and Australia turned in a particularly strong performance with overall seat factors averaging 82% across the region. Passenger loads in the economy cabin averaged 84%, led by Manila (94%) Jakarta (90%) Sydney (87%) and Bangkok (83%).
Within Europe, flights to Dublin, Brussels, Manchester and Paris all achieved average seat factors of more than 80% in economy.
Middle East routes which performed well during the first nine months of the year included Amman and Damascus and both achieved overall average seat factors of 78%. The Egyptian capital of Cairo remains the airline’s most popular African route, which achieved an overall seat factor of 80%.
Average seat factors in Etihad’s business cabin rose seven percentage points to 63% during the first nine months of 2008. The best performing business routes during the period were Toronto (85%) New York (81%) and London (79%).
The nine month performance was boosted by a record-breaking summer period, with more than 1.6 million passengers flying onboard the Abu Dhabi-based airline’s flights during the three months of June, July and August. A record 20,721 passengers flew with Etihad on Friday 1 August making it the airline’s busiest day in its near five year history.
Etihad has launched four new destinations so far in 2008, starting flights to Beijing, the Indian cities of Kozikhode (Calicut) and Chennai (Madras) as well as Minsk, the capital city of Belarus. The airline will launch in December non-stop flights from its Abu Dhabi base to Almaty in Kazakhstan and the Russian capital, Moscow. Etihad will also start flying in early March 2009 to Melbourne in Australia and Lagos in Nigeria.
Etihad will also boost its flying programme to Australia in October, with an increase to its existing daily service to Sydney to 11 flights per week and add a third daily flight to London Heathrow, the world’s busiest international airport.
Quite a detailed report, IMO. * emphasis mine.
Here are some measures of EY's growth, based on many new routes but also some considerable success in extra long-haul flights to and from Australia and Asia.
2007 Q1-Q3:
3.3 million passengers @ 68% seat factor
38 aircraft fleet
2008 Q1-Q3:
4.4 million passengers @ 75% seat factor
42 aircraft fleet
See story* for 2008 load factors for services to your airport.
Etihad passenger count up 35% (http://www.aviationrecord.com/news-articles.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=1328) [AviationRecord.com]
...All Etihad’s cabins experienced increased seat factors compared to the same period in 2007 during the first nine months of 2008.
Etihad’s services to Asia and Australia turned in a particularly strong performance with overall seat factors averaging 82% across the region. Passenger loads in the economy cabin averaged 84%, led by Manila (94%) Jakarta (90%) Sydney (87%) and Bangkok (83%).
Within Europe, flights to Dublin, Brussels, Manchester and Paris all achieved average seat factors of more than 80% in economy.
Middle East routes which performed well during the first nine months of the year included Amman and Damascus and both achieved overall average seat factors of 78%. The Egyptian capital of Cairo remains the airline’s most popular African route, which achieved an overall seat factor of 80%.
Average seat factors in Etihad’s business cabin rose seven percentage points to 63% during the first nine months of 2008. The best performing business routes during the period were Toronto (85%) New York (81%) and London (79%).
The nine month performance was boosted by a record-breaking summer period, with more than 1.6 million passengers flying onboard the Abu Dhabi-based airline’s flights during the three months of June, July and August. A record 20,721 passengers flew with Etihad on Friday 1 August making it the airline’s busiest day in its near five year history.
Etihad has launched four new destinations so far in 2008, starting flights to Beijing, the Indian cities of Kozikhode (Calicut) and Chennai (Madras) as well as Minsk, the capital city of Belarus. The airline will launch in December non-stop flights from its Abu Dhabi base to Almaty in Kazakhstan and the Russian capital, Moscow. Etihad will also start flying in early March 2009 to Melbourne in Australia and Lagos in Nigeria.
Etihad will also boost its flying programme to Australia in October, with an increase to its existing daily service to Sydney to 11 flights per week and add a third daily flight to London Heathrow, the world’s busiest international airport.
Quite a detailed report, IMO. * emphasis mine.