Etihad Airways confident about growth despite economic headwinds – The National

Etihad Airways confident about growth despite economic headwinds – The National

Etihad Airways is confident about expanding its business despite signs of a global economic slowdown, its chief executive has said.

“The aviation industry is facing a big challenge right now [and] we are lucky to be in a region that’s growing, even though there are challenges in the global economy,” Antonoaldo Neves told delegates at the International Air Transport Association’s Ground Handling Conference in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

“We are in a region where the gross domestic product growth is at least 5 per cent, [and] when you see GDP growing 5 per cent, aviation grows by 10 per cent.”