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THE OF THE
COMMERCIAL FUTURE

HISTORIC FIRST SCHEDULED AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

FLIGHT TO ISRAEL

By James Pearson

standably, this is a reduction in frequency to the UAE were available, with demand to
from the seven-weekly previously sched- increase enormously.

tihad Airways launched Abu Dhabi uled for May. BIG POOL TO TARGET
Eto Tel Aviv, becoming the latest air- Of course, the two carriers will largely

line to offer non-stop service from the UAE. be targeting different people: Wizz Air Abu Nearly two million people were carried

It will face direct competition as the Wizz Dhabi enormously point-to-point, while for between Tel Aviv and Asia-Pacific and

Air - Abu Dhabi route takes off. Etihad Airways it will be P2P and significant Africa before coronavirus struck, booking
data shows, core markets that Etihad

Now Etihad Airways will focus on con- ‘online’ connections across its network, Airways will target over its Abu Dhabi hub.
nections over its hub, especially as more especially as more borders reopen. Over 1.1 million passengers - more

borders are re-opened. TEL AVIV ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST than 60% - flew via somewhere to/from

The Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv route operates Around 70,000 flew internationally Asia-Pacific and Africa. In total, Aeroflot,

twice-weekly using B787-9s. between Tel Aviv and the Middle East in Turkish Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Ethiopian

However, things are expected to change 2019, booking data obtained using OAG Airlines, and Royal Jordanian the most
from June 1st onwards. It will increase to Traffic Analyzer reveals. This includes important in terms of volume of connect-

seven-weekly and, to compensate for that approximately 40,000 P2P passengers to/ ing passengers. 14-18 November 2021 Unparalleled line-up of thought-
capacity growth, the aircraft will be down- from Amman, a 68-mile service, and for China was by far the top country market provoking content, aerial displays

gauged to A321s. years Tel Aviv’s only international route from Tel Aviv, followed very closely by

The full-service carrier had expected within the region. Thailand, with Bangkok and Beijing the top DWC, Dubai Airshow Site and game-changing innovations
to operate seven-weekly from the get-go Normally, Tel Aviv-Amman is served up by destinations. Manila, Tokyo Narita, Sin-

when the route was announced in 2020. Royal Jordanian up to 18-weekly, with over gapore, Colombo, Hanoi, and Melbourne www.dubaiairshow.aero Follow us on:
Etihad Airways’ new service is the latest eight in ten passengers connecting onward were all standouts in terms of unserved Book your space today: sales@dubai.aero #DubaiAirshow

in a raft of new routes between the United over the Jordanian capital. This summer, routes, with Manila and Narita alone having

Arab Emirates and Tel Aviv following the six aircraft are due to operate it, from the over 64,000 passengers each.

historic diplomatic relationship between B787 to the Embraer 175, although it’ll Those airlines with out-of-the-way rout- Commerical Aviation | Aircraft Interiors | MRO | Business Aviation | Air Traffic Management
the two countries and many new agree- mainly be by the A319. ings, longer connection times, higher total

ments. After Jordan, the UAE was by far the journey times, or inferior products will be Space | Defence & Military | Air Cargo | Emerging Technologies NEW

Meanwhile the Wizz Air - Abu Dhabi second-largest Middle East country market, negatively impacted by the rise of non-

route has begun a three-weekly service helped by Dubai being the top origin and stops to the UAE and connections beyond,

using A321neos, rising to four-weekly from destination and Abu Dhabi fourth. Of especially if Emirates begins to open up as Supported by:

May and seven-weekly from June. Under- course, this was before multiple non-stops expected. Q

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