Etihad Airways carried 1.9 million passengers in September 2025, marking a 21% increase compared with the same month last year. The growth reflects continued demand across the airline’s expanding global network and strong operational performance through the end of the summer season. Passenger load factor averaged 89% across the month, up one percentage point from September last year, demonstrating efficient use of added capacity.

In the first nine months of 2025, Etihad has flown 16.1 million passengers, up 18% compared with the same period last year.

Its operating fleet stood at 115 aircraft at the end of September, serving 82 passenger destinations worldwide.

The carrier has concluded a landmark week of global growth with the successful launch of flights to Krabi, Thailand, celebrating four new routes in one week, including Sumatra (Medan, Indonesia), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). The inaugural flights to all four new destinations were sold out, demonstrating a strong demand for the new routes and the airline’s successful trajectory towards its ambitious growth plans.

This milestone marks an exceptional period of network expansion for the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, as it continues to accelerate its global connectivity and strengthen its position as a leading carrier in the region. Etihad Airways reached 31 new destinations announced in the last 12 months with recent news of Kabul launching in December as well as Damascus, Palma de Mallorca and Zanzibar which will all begin operating in the first half of 2026.