ETIHAD SECURES USD398 MILLION AIRCRAFT FINANCING
Etihad Airways, The National Airline of the United Arab Emirates, which operates highly popular twice daily flights from Bangkok to Abu Dhabi and onwards to 45 destinations around the globe, has agreed aircraft financing facilities worth nearly USD400 million to acquire three new Airbus A340-600 wide-body aircraft to add to its expanding fleet.
The Abu Dhabi-based airline has signed a USD250 million aircraft financing facility with a consortium of regional and international banks to finance the airline’s acquisition of two of the 288-seat aircraft.