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Etihad Airways will structure its fleet around smaller wide-body aircraft and expand its low-cost venture with Air Arabia once travel restrictions ease, as it expects to emerge stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic, its chief executive said.
The airline will stop operating its Boeing 777-300ERs by the end of this year, focusing its fleet mix on the Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing 787s, as it positions itself as a "more commercially sustainable" mid-sized carrier, Tony Douglas, said on Thursday.
"You will see of us a very focused, a very disciplined operating model which is heavily built around the 787 Dreamliner and A350-1000," Mr Douglas told the World Aviation Festival webinar.