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Etihad to retire all Boeing 777s, A380s grounded “indefinitely” – Executive Traveller
Etihad’s future now lies with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350.
Etihad Airways will axe its entire Boeing 777-300ER fleet and ground its Airbus A380s “indefinitely” as the Gulf carrier races to become a smaller and more streamlined ’boutique’ operation.
Dropping his Boeing 777 bombshell at the World Aviation Festival on Thursday, CEO Tony Douglas admitted “we had got far too diversified when it came to fleet types to be operationally efficient.”
Douglas said the ten A380s were “a wonderful product, but they are no longer commercially sustainable” and while…
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