He makahiki maikaʻi ʻole ʻo Etihad Airways ma 2017. Ua nalowale ka mokulele i kā lākou mau hoa hoʻopukapuka airberlin a me Alitalia. Ua lilo ia i mea pohō no kēia mokulele e ke aupuni UAE. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, aia ka mokulele e ke aupuni waiwai nui o ka aila, he aha ka mea e hoʻopau ai i ka panakalupa, akā ʻo ka mālama kālā me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā lawelawe premium me he mea lā aia ma ka papa kuhikuhi no ka Etihad Airways. Hiki i nā lawelawe uku ke hele mai me kahi hōʻailona kumukūʻai - akā he mea maʻamau kēia i ka honua mokulele.
Me kahi Luna Nui hou e nānā ana ka mokulele i nā ala e mālama ai i ke kālā a hoʻi i ka loaʻa kālā. I ka neʻe ʻana o ka mokulele i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i ka mea a lākou i kapa ai he mākeke ʻo Iran. ʻO nā mokulele mai Abu Dhabi a hiki i Tehran ke hana nei ʻelua i ka pule a ma Ianuali 24 e hoʻopau ʻia ke ala ma ka pūnaewele Etihad.
I ka manawa like, ua hōʻoia ʻo Etihad i nā mokulele mai Abu Dhabi a i Entebbe, uganda (a hoʻi mai) e kāpae ʻia mai ka lā 25 Malaki 2018. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi waha ʻōlelo: "ʻO ke kumu ke hahai nei mākou i nā loiloi kalepa o nā hana ala."
He mea paʻa kēia i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Uganda no ka mea ua maʻalahi nā mea kaʻa o Etihad mai ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa i Abu Dhabi i Uganda.
