Etihad 2025/26 Network Additions – 15JUL25

Published at 1200PDT / 1900GMT 15JUL25

Etihad today (15JUL25) announced further network additions, as the airline fills the void from Wizz Air Abu Dhabi ceasing operation in early-September 2025. The carrier in November 2025 will launch service to Madinah, followed by following destinations in March 2026: Almaty, Baku, Bucharest, Tashkent, Tbilisi and Yerevan.

Abu Dhabi – Almaty eff 16MAR26 8 weekly A321 (Last served until Oct 2016)
EY860 AUH1415 – 1950ALA 321 x256
EY862 AUH2040 – 0215+1ALA 321 x367

EY863 ALA0320 – 0710AUH 321 x147
EY861 ALA2055 – 0045+1AUH 321 x256

Abu Dhabi – Baku eff 02MAR26 10 weekly A321 (Last served until 2020)
EY837 AUH0250 – 0600GYD 321 D
EY855 AUH0855 – 1205GYD 321 257

EY838 GYD0935 – 1230AUH 321 D
EY856 GYD1600 – 1855AUH 321 257

Abu Dhabi – Bucharest eff 16MAR26 4 weekly A321 (schedule below eff 29MAR26)
EY171 AUH1400 – 1805OTP 321 x246
EY172 OTP1905 – 0100+1AUH 321 x246

Abu Dhabi – Madinah eff 09NOV25 6 weekly A321 (Last served until March 2023)
EY631 AUH0855 – 1050MED 321 246
EY633 AUH1430 – 1625MED 321 357

EY632 MED1540 – 1855AUH 321 246
EY634 MED2055 – 0010+1AUH 321 357

Abu Dhabi – Tashkent eff 17MAR26 6 weekly A321
EY828 AUH1425 – 1855TAS 321 246
EY830 AUH2125 – 0155+1TAS 321 357

EY831 TAS0340 – 0630AUH 321 146
EY829 TAS2120 – 0010+1AUH 321 246

Abu Dhabi – Tbilisi eff 13MAR26 8 weekly
EY833 AUH0250 – 0630TBS 321 x135
EY835 AUH1425 – 1805TBS 321 x246

EY834 TBS0915 – 1230AUH 321 x135
EY836 TBS2050 – 0005+1AUH 321 x246

Abu Dhabi – Yerevan eff 09MAR26 10 weekly A321 (Last served until August 2015)
EY849 AUH1430 – 1805EVN 321 x57
EY851 AUH2120 – 0055+1EVN 321 x24

EY852 EVN0320 – 0630AUH 321 x35
EY850 EVN2055 – 0005+1AUH 321 x57

Previously reported new routes:
Abu Dhabi – Addis Ababa eff 08OCT25 1 daily A320 (Previously scheduled from 01OCT25; Etihad initially planned to launch this route on 02NOV12)
Abu Dhabi – Algiers eff 07NOV25 New route, 4 weekly 3-class A321LR
Abu Dhabi – Charlotte eff 04MAY26 4 weekly 787-9, new route
Abu Dhabi – Chiang Mai eff 03NOV25 New route, 4 weekly 3-class A321LR
Abu Dhabi – Hanoi eff 03NOV25 New route, 6 weekly 787-9 (Previous: 3-class A321LR from 01NOV25)
Abu Dhabi – Hong Kong eff 03NOV25 Service resumption since January 2020, 5 weekly 787-9
Abu Dhabi – Kazan eff 04DEC25 3 weekly A320, new seasonal route scheduled until 19APR26
Abu Dhabi – Krabi eff 09OCT25 New route, 3 weekly 3-class A321LR schedules 6 weekly, increasing to 8 from 01NOV25 (Previous: 7 weekly from 09OCT25)
Abu Dhabi – Krakow 16JUN26 – 05SEP26 3 weekly A321LR, new route
Abu Dhabi – Medan Kualanamu eff 02OCT25 New route, 3 weekly 3-class A321LR.
Abu Dhabi – Peshawar eff 29SEP25 Service resumption since December 2014, 5 weekly A320 (7 weekly from 22NOV25)
Abu Dhabi – Phnom Penh eff 03OCT25 New route, 4 weekly A321LR, 5 weekly from 06NOV25, 6 weekly from 03FEB26
Abu Dhabi – Salalah 21MAY26 – 15SEP26 2 weekly A320 (1 daily from 15JUN26; Last served until 2019)
Abu Dhabi – Taipei Taoyuan eff 07SEP25 1 daily 787-9, new route
Abu Dhabi – Tunis eff 01NOV25 3 weekly 3-class A321LR, new route