Etihad Airways expects strong travel demand in second half of 2021

Etihad Airways expects strong travel demand in second half of 2021

Etihad Airways expects travel demand to pick up in the second half of 2021 as border restrictions ease and more people are vaccinated, stoking hopes for a summer travel restart.

The airline is seeing a "very strong intake" on forward bookings for passenger flights to Seychelles, Moscow and Casablanca that are resuming by March-end and for its new route to Tel Aviv starting on April 6, Martin Drew, Etihad Airways' senior vice president of global sales and cargo, said at an online press briefing on Sunday.

It is currently also seeing "strong demand" returning on some routes such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, driven