Etihad Airways carried 1.5 million passengers in May 2024, with an average passenger load factor averaged of 84%.
""We achieved a 38 per cent year-to-date increase in passengers, underscoring our strong positive growth trajectory, and our YTD passenger count has reached 7.2 million, meaning we've already welcomed two million more passengers this year than the same period of 2023,"" said Antonoaldo Neves, Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways. “Our rolling 12-month passenger numbers, to the end of May 2024, now stand at just over 16 million.”
Etihad's operating fleet size has risen by 15 aircraft year-on-year to 90. In May, the airline brought the first of the six A321neos expected in 2024 into operation, improving efficiences.