Dubai: Etihad Airways said on Thursday that it is adding three-weekly flights to the Philippines.

The flights will start on May 1, 2016 and increase the number of weekly flights to 17.

Etihad also said on Thursday that it will start flying the Boeing 787 to Dusseldorf in Germany, Perth in Australia, Shanghai in China, Istanbul in Turkey and Johannesburg in South Africa.

Etihad is scheduled to receive five 299-seat 787s between May and December 2016.