E hana ʻo Etihad Airways i nā mokulele hou ma waena Abu Dhabi a me kona mau huakaʻi i Saudi Arabia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka neʻe ʻana o nā tausani o nā malihini no ka Hajj. A hiki i ʻAukake 28, e hana ʻo Etihad i nā palapala hoʻolimalima kūikawā e lawe i nā malihini ma kāna mau mokulele hou i Jeddah a me Medina Airport. E holo pū ana nā mokulele a pau me nā lawelawe i hoʻonohonoho mau ʻia. ʻO nā wahi kiʻekiʻe loa no nā mokulele Hajj Etihad ʻo United Kingdom, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Australia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Korea, a me Nigeria.
Ua haʻi ʻo Hareb Mubarak Al Muhairi, ka Hope Pelekikena Nui o Etihad Airways, "He mea koʻikoʻi ka huakaʻi Hajj no nā Muslim a puni ka honua a haʻaheo ʻo Etihad e kōkua i kāna mau mea kūʻai aku e hana i kēia huakaʻi koʻikoʻi. I kēia makahiki, ʻike mākou i ka piʻi ʻana o 17 pakeneka o ka nui o nā pilgrims e hele pū ana me Etihad i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala. No ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia koi piʻi nui, hoʻohui ʻo Etihad Airways i nā mokulele 16 me kā mākou lawelawe i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i Jeddah a me Medina. Ua paʻa mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ʻike huakaʻi Hajj poina no kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a kōkua iā lākou e hoʻopau i kā lākou huakaʻi me ka maʻalahi a me ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo.
Loaʻa kahi hui i hoʻolaʻa ʻia o nā limahana mokulele e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kahi ʻike honua holoʻokoʻa no nā huakaʻi Hajj. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā helu helu helu i hoʻolaʻa ʻia ma ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Abu Dhabi. E hoʻolako pū ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe e nā hui kaʻa e hālāwai ai i nā pono a me nā koi o ka poʻe pilgrims a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, e aʻo ana iā lākou e pili ana i ke komo ʻana i Al Miqat (mokuʻāina o ka hemolele), a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻaʻahu Ihram.
ʻO Etihad Airways ka mea lawe hae a me ka lua o ka mokulele nui loa o United Arab Emirates (ma hope o Emirates). Aia kona keʻena poʻo ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Khalifa, Abu Dhabi, kokoke i Abu Dhabi International Airport. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Etihad i kāna hana ma Nowemapa 2003. Hoʻohana ka mokulele ma mua o 1,000 mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule a ʻoi aku ma mua o 120 mau wahi kaʻa a me nā wahi ukana ma Middle East, ʻApelika, ʻEulopa, Asia, Australia a me ʻAmelika, me nā ʻauwaʻa o 116 Airbus a me Boeing mokulele e like me ka Pepeluali 2018.
