I-Etihad Airways izakusebenzisa ezinye iinqwelomoya phakathi Abu Dhabi kunye neendawo zayo eSaudi Arabia ukuququzelela ukuhamba kwamawaka eendwendwe zeHajj. Kude kube ngumhla wamashumi amabini anesibhozo ku-Agasti, i-Etihad izakusebenza ngeetshathi ezizodwa zokuthwala abahambi ngezindiza kwiinqwelomoya zabo ezongezelelweyo eziya eJeddah naseMedina Airport. Zonke iinqwelomoya ziya kusebenza ecaleni kweenkonzo ezicwangcisiweyo eziqhelekileyo. Iindawo eziphezulu ezingenayo zeenqwelo moya zeHajj Etihad yiUnited Kingdom, iUnited States, iAustralia, iPakistan, iIndonesia, iKorea neNigeria.
U-Hareb Mubarak Al Muhairi, u-Sekela Mongameli we-Etihad Airways, uthe, "uhambo lwase Hajj ngamava abaluleke kakhulu kumaSilamsi kwihlabathi liphela kwaye i-Etihad iyazingca ngokunceda abathengi bayo benze olu hambo lubalulekileyo. Kulo nyaka sibona ukwanda kweepesenti ezili-17 kwinani labahambi ngezonqulo abahamba ne-Etihad xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo. Ukuhlangabezana nale mfuno inyukayo, i-Etihad Airways yongeza iinqwelomoya ezili-16 ecaleni kweenkonzo zethu ezicwangcisiweyo eJeddah naseMedina. Sizimisele ukubonelela abathengi bethu ngehambo engalibalekiyo yokuhamba kunye nokubanceda bagqibezele uhambo lwabo ngokukhululeka noxolo lwengqondo. ”
Iqela elizinikeleyo labasebenzi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya liyafumaneka ukulungiselela amava omhlaba angenamthungo kubahambi beHajj. Ukongeza, izinto zokubala ezinikezelweyo zisetelwe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Abu Dhabi. Amalungiselelo ongezelelweyo ayakwenziwa ngabasebenzi beekhabhi ukuhlangabezana neemfuno kunye neemfuno zabahambi ngezonqulo kunye nokwenza lula ukwenziwa kwezindlu zangasese, ukubacebisa malunga nokungena eAl Miqat (imeko yobungcwele), kunye nokutshintsha kweengubo zeIhram.
I-Etihad Airways ngumthuthi weflegi kunye nenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya yesibini ngobukhulu kwi-United Arab Emirates (emva kwe-Emirates). I-ofisi yayo eyintloko ikwiSixeko saseKhalifa, e-Abu Dhabi, kufutshane nesikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Abu Dhabi. I-Etihad iqale ukusebenza ngo-Novemba ka-2003. NgoFebruwari 1,000.
