Etihad’s December 24 Traffic Report
Etihad Airways has published its traffic statistics for December 2024, concluding the year with strong performance. The airline welcomed 1.7 million guests during the month, marking an increase of over 20% compared to last year. The load factor for December was 87%, up from 84% in December 2023.
CEO STATEMENT
Antonoaldo Neves, CEO of Etihad Airways, said: “December was our busiest month of the year, in the traditionally active holiday season, and we carried 1.7 million passengers, a 22 percent rise on the same month of 2023.
“In the full year of 2024, we carried more than 18 million guests, with a very healthy passenger load factor of 87 percent across the year. More impressively, it represents an 80 percent increase in our total passenger numbers for 2022, underlining our strong growth trajectory over the past two years.
“In December, our network continued to grow as we resumed our service to Nairobi, Kenya, and we are looking forward to starting operations to the new destinations recently announced.”
Dec-23 | Dec-24 | 2023 YTD | 2024 YTD | |
Passengers | 1.4 million | 1.7 million | 14.0 million | 18.5 million |
Passenger load factor | 84% | 87% | 86% | 87% |
Operating fleet size | 83 | 97 |
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Passenger destinations | 67 | 71 |
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