I-Etihad Airways ibe nonyaka omubi ngo-2017. Inkampani yezindiza ilahlekelwe ngabalingani bayo bokutshala imali i-airberlin ne-Alitalia. Kufana nokulahleka kwerekhodi kwale nkampani yezindiza ephethwe nguhulumeni we-UAE. Ngenhlanhla ibhanoyi liphethwe nguhulumeni ocebile ngoyela, yini eqeda ukuqothuka, kepha ukonga imali ngaphandle kokuyekethisa izinsizakalo ze-premium kubonakala kusendabeni ephezulu ye-Etihad Airways. Ngisho nezinsizakalo ze-premium manje sezingafika nenani lentengo- kepha lokhu kuyinto ejwayelekile emhlabeni wezindiza.
Nge-CEO entsha le nkampani yezindiza ibonakala ibheka izindlela zokonga imali futhi ibuyele enzuzweni. Ngokumangala kuhamba indiza manje ithi cha kulokho abakubiza ngokuthi yimakethe yase-Iran eyayizuzisa kakhulu. Izindiza ezisuka e-Abu Dhabi ziya eTehran njengamanje zisebenza kabili ngesonto kanti ngoJanuwari 24 umzila uzosuswa kunethiwekhi ye-Etihad.
Ngasikhathi sinye, u-Etihad ukuqinisekisile ukuthi izindiza ezisuka e-Abu Dhabi ziya e-Entebbe, Uganda (nokubuya) kuzokhanselwa kusukela ngomhla ka-25 Mashi 2018. Okhulumela lo mnyango uthe: "Isizathu ukuthi silandela ukuhlolwa kwezentengiselwano ngemizila."
Lokhu impela kuyimbubhiso embonini yezokuvakasha e-Uganda kwazise abagibeli be-Etihad abavela eNyakatho Melika naseYurophu babe nokuxhumana okulula e-Abu Dhabi nase-Uganda.
