Etihad Cargo’s winter schedule promises more belly hold cargo capacity across its network in Asia, with new routes and increased frequencies from September 2023.

The Middle East carrier will operate five services each week to Osaka and will increase its services to China, adding three more flights to Beijing and four more flights to Shanghai per week. In India, Etihad will introduce belly cargo capacity on new passenger routes to Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram, operating seven flights per week to each destination. The carrier will also offer cargo capacity on seven new passenger flights to Chennai, supported by a twice-weekly freighter service, as well as eight additional services to Kochi.

Elsewhere in the region, Etihad will add two new weekly flights to Islamabad, seven more flights to the Maldives, five additional flights to Cairo and seven more flights to Phuket. The airline will also introduce seven direct flights to Colombo each week.

In total, the airline’s winter schedule will introduce 29 weekly passenger flights to new destinations and will have an increase of 90 passenger flights to existing routes, adding up to 119 passenger flights per week.

Mohammad Al Bulooki, chief operating officer at Etihad Airways, said “the airline’s growing passenger network, combined with Etihad Cargo’s scheduled and charter freighter services, will boost cargo capacity across Europe, Asia and North America, strengthening the links between Abu Dhabi and key global markets and ensuring Etihad Cargo can meet increased demand for cargo capacity.”