São Paulo – Etihad Airways, the airline of Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, broke its own passenger record for a single day, when it carried 33,802 people last Saturday (05). This information was disclosed by the company on Monday (7).
This number of passengers exceeded the previous record, of 33.766 clients transported on July 14th, 2012. “It has been a busy start to 2013 for Etihad Airways and it is highly satisfying to beat our previous record for passengers carried in a single day,” said James Hogan, CEO at Etihad, in a press statement disclosed by the company.
The press statement also informs that the load factor of company aircraft was close to its peak on January 5th, at 89.2% of seats occupied.
On January 3rd and 4th, Etihad Airways had already had good passenger movement, with 32,622 and 32,918 passengers a day, respectively.
In 2012, Etihad transported a total 10.29 million passengers, 1.88 million more than in 2011. The airline flies to 86 passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America.
The airline plans to start flying to São Paulo in June this year. The flight should be the first of the Arab company to a destination in South America.
*Translated by Mark Ament
