(Abu Dhabi) – Etihad Airways has started New Year by setting a record for the highest number of passengers carried across its worldwide network in a single day. The record was set on Saturday 5 January 2013 when 33,802 passengers flew with the Abu Dhabi-based airline, beating the previous record of 33,766 set on Saturday 14 July 2012.
Etihad Airways capped an impressive festive holiday season with Thursday 3 and Friday 4 January 2013 also entering the airline’s top 10 ranking for busiest ever days, with 32,622 and 32,918 flying each day respectively.
