I-Etihad Airways inonyaka ombi kwi-2017. I-airline yalahlekelwa ngamaqabane abo otyalo-mali i-airberlin kunye ne-Alitalia. Ilingana nelahleko yerekhodi yale nkampani yeenqwelomoya yorhulumente we-UAE. Ngethamsanqa i-airline iphethwe ngurhulumente otyebileyo we-oyile, yintoni ephelisa ukungabikho kwemali, kodwa ukonga imali ngaphandle kokubeka esichengeni iinkonzo ze-premium kubonakala kuyi-ajenda ephezulu ye-Etihad Airways. Nditsho neenkonzo zepremiyamu zinokuza nethegi yexabiso- kodwa oku kuqhelekile kwihlabathi lophapho.

Nge-CEO entsha i-airline ibonakala ijonge iindlela zokugcina imali kunye nokubuyela kwinzuzo. Kwintshukumo eyothusayo inqwelomoya ngoku ithi hayi kwinto ababeyibiza ngokuba yintengiso yaseIran. Iinqwelomoya ezisuka e-Abu Dhabi zisiya eTehran okwangoku zisebenza kabini ngeveki kwaye nge-24 kaJanuwari indlela iya kupheliswa kwinethiwekhi ye-Etihad.

Kwangelo xesha, u-Etihad waqinisekisa ukuba iinqwelomoya ukusuka e-Abu Dhabi ukuya e-Entebbe, Uganda (kunye nokubuyisela) kuya kurhoxiswa ukususela ngomhla wama-25 kweyoKwindla 2018. Isithethi sathi: “Isizathu kukuba silandela uhlolo lwezorhwebo lweendlela zokusebenza.”
Ngokuqinisekileyo oku kukubetha kushishino lwezokhenketho lwase-Uganda kuba abakhweli be-Etihad abavela kuMntla Merika naseYurophu babenonxibelelwano olulula e-Abu Dhabi ukuya e-Uganda.