{"id":1974,"date":"2015-08-01T22:42:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T12:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2019-11-04T22:45:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T12:45:53","slug":"etihads-new-second-daily-service-connects-melbourne-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/etihads-new-second-daily-service-connects-melbourne-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad&#8217;s New Second Daily Service Connects Melbourne to the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ETIHAD AIRWAYS\u2019 NEW SECOND DAILY SERVICE CONNECTS MELBOURNE TO THE WORLD<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exclusive double daily non-stop services between Melbourne and UAE<\/li>\n<li>Increased connectivity to more than 50 markets via Abu Dhabi<\/li>\n<li>Double daily service to 20 key destinations in the Middle East and Europe<\/li>\n<li>Connectivity to exciting new destinations including Madrid and Edinburgh<\/li>\n<li>Doubling cargo capacity supports increased trade and job creation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The launch on August 1 of Etihad Airways\u2019 second daily non-stop service will connect Melbourne with more of the world\u2019s great cities and create new opportunities for international commerce and trade.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad Airways flight EY462 departs Abu Dhabi at 10:30am local time and touches down in Melbourne at approximately 6.05am the following morning. The return flight EY463 departs Melbourne at 3:00pm local time and arrives in Abu Dhabi at 11.05pm the same day.<\/p>\n<p>The new service is operated by a three-class Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with eight seats in First Class, 40 in Business Class and 280 in Economy Class. It complements the airline\u2019s existing daily non-stop B777 flight between Melbourne and Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad Airways\u2019 President and Chief Executive Officer James Hogan said the launch of the airline\u2019s second daily flight would put Etihad Airways in its strongest ever competitive position in the Melbourne market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecoming the only airline to offer double daily non-stop flights between Melbourne and the UAE clearly demonstrates our ongoing commitment to Victoria and exponentially increases the attractiveness of our customer proposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom August 1 we now connect more international visitors to Melbourne from more markets in the Middle East and Europe and will offer Melbournians the convenience of two daily departures and one-stop connectivity to more than 50 great destinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also plan to boost our economic contribution to the state of Victoria through the airline\u2019s successful freight division \u2013 Etihad Cargo. The addition of a second Boeing 777-300ER will double belly-hold cargo capacity between Melbourne and Abu Dhabi and provide new opportunities for bilateral trade with the UAE \u2013 Australia\u2019s largest trading partner in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Etihad Airways will now offer one-stop connectivity between Melbourne and popular destinations such as Edinburgh, Geneva, Madrid and Zurich on the Etihad Airways network, Stuttgart and Vienna operated by the Air Berlin Group, and Venice operated by Alitalia, and improved connectivity to key destinations such as Athens and Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>The airline will also offer double daily connectivity between Melbourne and Manchester, Dublin, Beirut and London Heathrow, where guests will experience Etihad Airways\u2019 flagship A380 aircraft. Etihad Airways will also offer double daily connections to Rome and Milan in conjunction with Alitalia, Berlin and D\u00fcsseldorf with airberlin, and Belgrade with Air Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>The new double daily schedule for Melbourne increases to 39 the total number of non-stop weekly return flights the airline operates between its four Australian gateways. The airline flies daily from Brisbane and Perth and offers double daily flights from Sydney \u2013 11 of which are operated by Etihad Airways and three which are operated by partner Virgin Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Etihad Airways also codeshares on Virgin Australia flights to 44 destinations across Australia and six in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The airline has strong ties to Melbourne and the state of Victoria through partnerships with Etihad Stadium, Melbourne City Football Club, Sport Australia Hall of Fame, Melbourne Recital Centre and Islamic Museum of Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule for Abu Dhabi \u2013 Melbourne flights, effective 1 August 2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"618\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Flight No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Origin<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Departs<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Destination<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Arrives<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Frequency<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Aircraft<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EY462<\/p>\n<p>(new flight)<\/td>\n<td>Abu Dhabi (AUH)<\/td>\n<td>10:30<\/td>\n<td>Melbourne (MEL)<\/td>\n<td>06:05+1<\/td>\n<td>Daily<\/td>\n<td>B777-300ER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EY463<\/p>\n<p>(new flight)<\/td>\n<td>Melbourne (MEL)<\/td>\n<td>15:00<\/td>\n<td>Abu Dhabi (AUH)<\/td>\n<td>23:05<\/td>\n<td>Daily<\/td>\n<td>B777-300ER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EY460<\/p>\n<p>(existing flight)<\/td>\n<td>Abu Dhabi (AUH)<\/td>\n<td>21:45<\/td>\n<td>Melbourne (MEL)<\/td>\n<td>17:20+1<\/td>\n<td>Daily<\/td>\n<td>B777-300ER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EY461<\/p>\n<p>(existing flight)<\/td>\n<td>Melbourne (MEL)<\/td>\n<td>22:40<\/td>\n<td>Abu Dhabi (AUH)<\/td>\n<td>06:45+1<\/td>\n<td>Daily<\/td>\n<td>B777-300ER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note: All departures and arrivals are listed in local time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETIHAD AIRWAYS\u2019 NEW SECOND DAILY SERVICE CONNECTS MELBOURNE TO THE WORLD Exclusive double daily non-stop services between Melbourne and UAE Increased connectivity to more than 50 markets via Abu Dhabi Double daily service to 20 key destinations in the Middle East and Europe Connectivity to exciting new destinations including Madrid and Edinburgh Doubling cargo capacity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-01-18 00:29:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2004,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions\/2004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtatravel.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}