Etihad Cargo is set to significantly expand its freighter network this winter, with the carrier introducing new routes and additional frequencies across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
The 2025-26 winter schedule will include a new freighter service between Abu Dhabi and the UK’s East Midlands Airport. This service commenced on October 27 and will fly twice weekly.
Etihad Cargo will also expand capacity across key production markets in Asia, adding extra flights to Shanghai (+1), Hong Kong (+1), Shenzhen (+6), and Ezhou (+1).
Additionally, the carrier will increase its weekly freighter flights to Riyadh (+2), Paris Charles de Gaulle (+1), and Frankfurt (+1).
The expanded freighter schedule builds on Etihad Airways’ recent announcement of 16 new passenger destinations launching between November 2025 and March 2026.
The new destinations include Addis Ababa, Algiers, Almaty, Baku, Bucharest, Chiang Mai, Kazan, Krabi, Medan, Medina, Phnom Penh, Tashkent, Tbilisi, and Yerevan.