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Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways gets set for inaugural
Toronto flight
The Daily Star ^ | October 31, 2005

Posted on 10/30/2005 2:10:32 PM PST by Lessismore

Airline plans to provide U.S. service by 2006

Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab
Emirates, has completed final preparations for the launch of its new
route to Toronto, via Brussels, with the first flight taking off from Abu
Dhabi International Airport on Monday. Etihad flight 501 will be
welcomed into Brussels International Airport with a celebratory
dousing of the aircraft by the fire brigade and finally, a VIP reception
at Pearson International Airport, Toronto, with maple candies and
Belgian chocolates.

Sheikh Ahmad bin Saif al- Nahyan, the chairman of Etihad Airways and
chairman of the Civil Aviation Department of the emirate of Abu Dhabi,
said: "Our first trans-Atlantic flight to Toronto after only two years of
operations heralds further growth for Etihad Airways and will be a
launch pad for our services to the U.S. in summer 2006."

Etihad Airways will provide three weekly flights to Canada and
Belgium.

Etihad Airways has entered into its first code-share agreement with
SN Brussels Airlines, which enables the airline's customers to fly to a
greater number of important European cities such as Rome, Lyon,
Strasbourg, Geneva, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Oslo,
Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna.

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