Etihad Airways to stop operating Boeing 777-300ER jets.
Etihad Airways will stop operating Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from this year, its chief executive said Wednesday, as it accelerates to become a smaller airline.
Etihad is targeting to return profit in 2023 as part of a five-year restructuring plan that it has accelerated during the pandemic that has crippled the air travel industry.
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“You will see of us a very focused, a very disciplined operating model which is heavily built around the fleet of the (Boeing) 787 Dreamliner and (Airbus) A350-1000,” CEO Tony Douglas told the online World Aviation Festival.
Etihad operates 19 777s, some of which it has recently converted to cargo flights in response to increased demand.
It has 39 787 Dreamliners in its fleet and has taken delivery of 5 of 20 A350s it ordered.
Douglas said it was too early to comment as to how the Boeing 777X jet, which it has ordered, would fit into its future fleet plans.
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