More On UAE Air Traffic: Abu Dhabi Passenger Traffic Data

 To be more specific about the UAE Air Traffic Data Published in last post here is the Airlines Traffic for the Abu Dhabi Airport.Abu Dhabi is growing into one of the busiest airport in the Middle East region with constant improvements in the Passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport. The number of passengers traffic to the airport stood at nearly 11 million which translates into a 12 per cent jump from the previous year 2009.

The reasons for Growth of the passenger traffic can be found in the emergence of Various Indigenous Airlines carries such As Emirates Airlines and Most Importantly the growth of Abu Dhabi Based Etihad Airways. Both the airlines are in an Expansion spree and furiously adding more domestic and international destinations to their itinerary.

There have been also increase in the new international airlines operating in the UAE, for example Jet airways and Kingfisher Now have many flights to the Abu Dhabi Airport, besides Thai airways, Singapore airlines and other increasing their flight frequency. Air France, Jordan's Royal Falcon, Air Arabia Egypt, Air Astana of Kazakhstan, and GMG Airlines of Bangladesh all began new services into the Abu Dhabi airport last year, bringing the total number of airlines serving the UAE capital to 52.With the traffic rush Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has marketed itself heavily internationally to welcome new carriers to spur additional trade and tourism into the country. The UAE capital is positioning itself to become a major hub for air travel, tourism and aerospace. Next year it will host World Routes 2012, one of the airport industry's largest conferences.

Coupled with this there has been major investment in boosting up the airport infrastructure. ADAC has also sought to revitalize the UAE  Al Ain International Airport, which last year saw inaugural services from Ariana  Afghan Airlines and Oman Air. It has to be noted that Etihad airways has the major share of the airports of the traffic amounting to 7.1 million of the overall traffic.

Etihad Launches AbuDhabi Bangalore Flights

In yet another sign of growing importance of the Indian market for the  International Airlines, Etihad Airways , the national airline of the UAE , has announced launching of its flights to Bangalore. Bangalore is incidentally the 8th destination on which the Etihad flights operate in India.As per the announcement, Etihad operates four return flights a week to Bangalore.But the daily service would be increased int this route from March. Presently, Etihad operates an  Airbus A320 on the new Bangalore route configured to carry 140 passengers with 20 in Business class and 120 in Economy class.Other destinations on which Etihad Flights Are available includes flight to Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad and flights to Kochi with a total of 49 flights on these routes per week.The inaugural flight was operated between Abu Dhabi and Bangalore.

Etihad Airways Offers Free Visa to India Flights Travelers

Etihad Airways is pushing for a major publicity in the Indian Aviation sector by announcing the scheme of providing free visas to Indians with any Flights booked with the airlines. With Indian Celebration season in full swing the scheme is bound to be availed by many India Flight travelers especially for leisure and honeymoon travelers.

The offer by Etihad Airways is available for a month from October 15 to  November 15 for Airlines  ticket booking and  for travel between October 20 to December 15. Etihad airways is the primary airlines connecting  Abu dhabi which is a renowned business and leisure destination. Etihad airways is launching the cheap flights online Booking  and free visa scheme in collaboration with some travel and visa providers. There is a growing investment in Abu dhabi airport for growing infrastructure which is sure to give a Philip to visitors and Etihad airways step may be an attempt to capitalize on the investments.Etihad is one among the airlines in UAE. Other being Emirates Airlines.