Deliveries from its first widebody aircraft order will commence in 2026
Etihad has a fleet of 40 Dreamliners and potentially 11 more still to come after already trimming its order by 20 aircraft in 2019
The carrier is seeking to switch between 30 and 40 of its 115 commitments for the 777X to the Dreamliner as it calibrates fleet plans
The initiative is the airline’s attempt to reduce 2019 CO2 emission levels to 50 per cent by 2035
Demand for the 787 has been particularly hard hit, with international travel down 90 per cent from a year ago
Earlier this year, EPI became a key regional manufacturer of Airbus aircraft parts
Airbus customers to get jets in August included Gulf Air, which took its first A321neo, and Portuguese carrier Orbest, which received an initial A330-900 wide-body