Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will increase its Abu Dhabi-Frankfurt services from 10 to 13 per week from December 12, increasing to a double daily from March 28, 2010.

Etihad's flights to Frankfurt, which were launched in June 2005, are among the most popular of its European services, providing high volumes of traffic into Abu Dhabi as well as transit traffic to destinations like Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney. Abu Dhabi's geographical location makes it ideal as a gateway for air travellers from Europe to connect to Australia, the sub-continent, the Far East and throughout the Middle East easily and quickly.

One may connect to Etihad's network through a wide range of gateways including Milan, Munich, Geneva, Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt, Athens and Larnaca. Aviation Online, a brand of World Aviation Group, and representatives of Etihad Airways in Malta has facilitated arrangement between the Abu Dhabi based carrier and Air Malta to agree on through pricing from origin to final destination and thus provide passengers with seamless travel options to Abu Dhabi and beyond. Passengers taking these travel options will have their baggage check right through to their final destination.

The new flight schedule ensures that passengers flying out Malta on Air Malta to Frankfurt will be able to choose from more than 80 connecting flights on Etihad's network out of Abu Dhabi with transit times of less than four hours, including Bangkok, Bombay, Sydney, Melbourne, Kathmandu and Beijing.

Etihad Airways operates a three cabin A330-200 aircraft between Abu Dhabi and Frankfurt, configured to carry 10 passengers in first class, 26 passengers in business class and 164 passengers in economy class. They fly one of the youngest fleets in the world and their in-flight service is second to none.

For more information on Etihad Airways in Malta one may contact the Etihad team at Aviation Online on 2364 4076 or info.etihad@aviationonline.eu.