Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Etihad Airways, ka mokulele mokuʻāina o United Arab Emirates (UAE), i kēia lā i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka lua o ka lele pololei ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā mai kona hub Abu Dhabi i Roma, e hoʻomaka ana i ka 25 Malaki 2018. E lawe ka lawelawe hou i ka huina o ka Etihad Airways ' nā mokulele ma ke ala i 14 i ka pule.
E hoʻokomo ʻia nā alapine hou i nā ʻāpana, e hoʻomaka ana i ka 25 Malaki 2018, me ʻelima mau mokulele ʻē aʻe i kēlā me kēia pule, e piʻi ana i kahi lawelawe ʻelua i ka lā mai 1 Mei 2018.
E hāʻawi ka papa hana ʻelua i kēlā me kēia lā i kahi koho ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe kaʻa kūloko e holo ana ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale nui o UAE a me Italia, a hoʻonui hou i ka pilina a mai nā ʻāina ʻelua.
ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kakahiaka nui hou mai Abu Dhabi a me ka lawelawe hoʻi i ke awakea mai Roma e hāʻawi i nā loulou i nā kūlanakauhale kaulana ma Australia, Kina, Iapana a me Korea.
Me ka lawelawe hou aku, e hoʻonui ʻia ka alapine ʻo Etihad Airways ma waena o Abu Dhabi a me kāna mau ʻīpuka Italia ʻelua o Roma a me Milan mai ʻelua mau mokulele i ʻekolu mau mokulele i ka lā.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peter Baumgartner, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Etihad Airways: "ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i kā mākou poʻe malihini i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā koho huakaʻi he mea nui ia no Etihad Airways. Mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou i ke ala Abu Dhabi - Roma ma 2014, ua lilo ia i hoʻokahi o kā mākou lawelawe kaulana loa no ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana a me ka leʻaleʻa. No laila, hauʻoli mākou e hoʻomohala hou i ke ala me nā lawelawe ʻē aʻe. "
Etihad Airways 'codeshare hoa Alitalia ua hai mai la e oki i ka hana o kona holo ana i kela la i keia la ma waena o Roma a me Abu Dhabi mai 25 Malaki 2018. E hoʻomau naʻe ʻo Alitalia i codeshare me Etihad a e kau pū i kāna code ma nā mokulele Etihad hou. E hoʻokipa hou ʻia nā malihini e mālama ana i nā mokulele ma Alitalia ma waena o Roma a me Abu Dhabi a ma waho aʻe o nā lawelawe i lawelawe ʻia e Etihad Airways.
Papa manawa holo ana ma waena o Abu Dhabi a me Roma mai 25 Malaki 2018:
| Lele No. | Kinohi | Nā haʻalele | Loaʻa | Ua hōʻea | 'O ka pinepine | mokulele |
| EY 83 | Abu Dhabi | 08:45 | Rome | 13:00 | kela la i keia | Boeing 777-300 |
| EY 84 | Rome | 22:00 | Abu Dhabi | 05:50 +1 | kela la i keia | Boeing 777-300 |
| EY 85 | Abu Dhabi | 02:35 | Rome | 07:05 | I kēlā me kēia lā * | Airbus A330-200 |
| EY 86 | Rome | 11:15 | Abu Dhabi | 19:20 | I kēlā me kēia lā * | Airbus A330-200 |
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- With the additional service, Etihad Airways' frequency between Abu Dhabi and its two Italian gateways of Rome and Milan will increase from two flights to three flights a day.
- Etihad Airways' codeshare partner Alitalia has announced that it will discontinue the operation of its daily flight between Rome and Abu Dhabi from 25 March 2018.
- The new service will take the total number of Etihad Airways' flights on the route to 14 a week.
