Double-Every day To Dublin & Every day To Prague In 2026

Etihad Airways is ready to extend its European presence within the northern hemisphere summer time season subsequent yr by boosting its frequencies to 2 of the continent’s capital cities in 2026. Dublin Airport (DUB) within the Republic of Eire and Václav Havel Airport Prague(PRG) in Czechia are the locations in query.

The UAE flag provider has a various European providing, with which it goals to attach the continent’s vacationers not simply to its major hub at Abu Dhabi Worldwide Airport (AUH) as a vacation spot in its personal proper, but additionally with these additional afield through transiting itineraries. Let’s take a better take a look at Etihad’s upcoming European growth.

Double-Every day Dublin Departures

In accordance with latest reporting by Aero Routes, Etihad is planning to extend its frequencies on the route from Abu Dhabi Worldwide to Dublin Airport from 10 per week to 13 when the 2026 IATA Northern Hemisphere Summer season Schedule kicks off on the finish of March. The change will apply from March 29, and would be the first step of a two-phase incremental enhance on the path to the Republic of Eire.

Certainly, the second enhance will see the route’s weekly frequency develop to 14 from April 6, that means that it will likely be served by two spherical journeys a day from then on. These can be operated one apiece by the Boeing 777-300ER and 787-9. Dublin has lengthy been a key European vacation spot for Etihad, which celebrated its fifteenth anniversary on the airport in 2022. On the time, Etihad Airways’ Martin Richard Drew defined that:

“Our direct service from Dublin Airport has been a gateway for Irish travellers to discover a whole bunch of worldwide locations, together with our dwelling in Abu Dhabi, in addition to Sydney, Melbourne, Bangkok, the Maldives, and the Seychelles. Our workforce in Eire works intently with native companions to make sure a seamless journey and nice customer support.”

Prague Will See Every day Etihad Flights Subsequent Summer season

Elsewhere in Europe, Etihad Airways additionally has huge plans for its route from Abu Dhabi to Prague. Served by the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Aero Routes notes that, as of March 29 subsequent yr, the hall’s weekly frequency will leap from 4 flights to 6, with an extra flight being added as of April 7.

It will imply that, from then on, Etihad Airways will serve the capital of Czechia every day from Abu Dhabi Worldwide Airport. Information from Cirium, an aviation analytics firm, reveals that the 787-9s it’ll deploy have 290 seats. In accordance with aeroLOPA, this complete consists of 28 in enterprise and 262 in financial system.

That is additionally the configuration that can be used on the Dreamliners that Etihad plans to make use of on one among its two every day rotations between Abu Dhabi and Dublin subsequent summer time. As beforehand talked about, the opposite spherical journey can be served by the Boeing 777-300ER, with the examples used having 28 enterprise and 374 financial system seats.

Asian Alterations

Because it occurs, the 2 European boosts aren’t the one alterations which were revealed by latest scheduled modifications filed by Etihad Airways. Certainly, Aero Routes notes that the Abu Dhabi-based flag provider of the United Arab Emirates has additionally just lately filed plane modifications on two Asian corridors.

Particularly, the positioning reviews that, as of April 2 subsequent yr, the Monday and Thursday rotations of Etihad flights EY372 and EY373 on the route from Abu Dhabi to Male (MLE) within the Maldives can be operated by its new Airbus A321LR twinjets. These will substitute its older A320s, providing an enhanced onboard expertise.

In the meantime, as of April 1, the Airbus A321LR will even substitute the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on Etihad flights EY414 and EY415 between Abu Dhabi and the Thai resort gateway of Phuket (HKT). Initially, it was deliberate that this alteration would happen on Might 1, however it has now been introduced ahead by a month. Total, Etihad will serve Phuket 4 instances a day subsequent summer time, with two A321LRs and two 787-9s.