Etihad has opened direct services from Abu Dhabi to Kraków and Palma de Mallorca, adding two three-times-weekly European leisure routes to its network. Kraków began on 11 June and Palma de Mallorca on 12 June, both flown by the Airbus A321LR with First, Business and Economy cabins.
The schedule places EY163 and EY164 on Monday, Thursday and Saturday for Kraków, while EY115 and EY116 operate on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday for Palma. Etihad is using the launch to widen its Central and Southern Europe reach and reinforce Abu Dhabi as a long-haul transfer point.
The next test is load factor discipline in a premium leisure market.