Etihad Airways reported its busiest month of 2024 in December.
Passenger carryings rose by more than 20% to 1.7 million with the load factor improving by three percentage points to 87% over the same month in 2023.
The UAE carrier’s chief executive Antonoaldo Neves said: “December was our busiest month of the year, in the traditionally active holiday season, and we carried 1.7 million passengers, a 22 % rise on the same month of 2023.
“In the full year of 2024, we carried more than 18 million guests, with a very healthy passenger load factor of 87% across the year.
“More impressively, it represents an 80% increase in our total passenger numbers for 2022, underlining our strong growth trajectory over the past two years.
“In December, our network continued to grow as we resumed our service to Nairobi, Kenya, and we are looking forward to starting operations to new destinations recently announced.”