Travellers going between Abu Dhabi and London this summer season would possibly wish to double-check their flight particulars.
That’s as a result of the nationwide airline of the UAE has adjusted departure occasions on a number of flights to and from London Heathrow.
Etihad Airways stated it’s making the non permanent modifications “to alleviate strain on the airport whereas minimising the affect to our friends”.
Holidaymakers and enterprise travellers flying between Europe’s busiest airport and Abu Dhabi Worldwide Airport on flights EY25 and EY26 shall be affected by the modifications and will pay attention to new departure occasions.
Scroll by way of the gallery beneath to see scenes from London Heathrow as journey chaos ensues
The brand new schedule shall be in place from this Wednesday till Sunday, September 11, with flights allotted earlier departure occasions.
Travellers flying from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi on flight EY26 will face the most important modifications. These flights will now depart Heathrow’s Terminal 4 nearly 5 hours earlier than they have been initially supposed.
Throughout this non permanent interval, flight EY26 will transfer from a night flight to a day departure at Heathrow. Flights will depart at 3.55pm as a substitute of the unique departure time of 8.45pm. On September 11, the identical flight will depart 10 minutes earlier, at 3.45pm.
This alteration will improve transit occasions within the UAE for connecting passengers. Travellers arriving in Abu Dhabi with an extended connection than initially deliberate owing to those changes will have the ability to present their boarding go to Etihad workers to obtain a meal voucher for eating on the airport.
In the other way, schedule changes are much less drastic, however travellers nonetheless want to arrange to reach on the airport earlier.
Flight EY25 to London will depart Abu Dhabi at 8.50am, as a substitute of the unique departure time of 10.40am on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, the identical flight quantity will take off nearly one-and-a-half hours sooner than initially scheduled, with a 9.15am departure time, in comparison with the earlier scheduled time of 10.40am. Saturday flights on this route depart at the same time of 9.25am through the non permanent interval of adjustment.
The Abu Dhabi airline is considered one of a number of making modifications to its flight schedule following journey chaos at Heathrow and a request from airport authorities to cap passenger numbers.
Etihad beforehand confirmed it might proceed to function 5 day by day return flights between Abu Dhabi and London Heathrow in July, regardless of requests from Heathrow officers for operators to chop capability to ease congestion.
On Friday, Emirates stated it might be including extra flights from Dubai to London’s Gatwick to assist passengers affected by passenger caps imposed at Heathrow.
The airline has agreed to cease promoting tickets on flights till mid-August and stated it is going to additionally make “capability changes” on London Heathrow flights to “assist ease operational pressures on the airport”.
Up to date: July 25, 2022, 8:25 AM