(MENAFN) Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, carried a record number of passengers and cargo in 2014, marking its strongest operational performance to date, Arab News reported.
Almost 14.8 million passengers flew with Etihad Airways last year, a significant increase of 23 percent over 2013 levels. The growth in passenger demand continued to outstrip the airline's capacity increase, highlighting the strength of its long-term growth strategy.
In total, Etihad Airways carried more than 74 percent of the 19.9 million passengers who traveled through Abu Dhabi International Airport in 2014. With the addition of the airline's equity partners that operate flights into Abu Dhabi, the combined total rises to a significant 82 percent of passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
The president and CEO of Etihad Airways said: "Our business model, which focuses on organic network growth, codeshare partnerships and minority equity investments in other airlines, continued to yield positive results in 2014 and surpassed our double-digit targets for passenger and cargo growth."
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