Etihad Airways ups Morocco presence with new service to Rabat

Dubai: Etihad Airways said on Sunday it launch a new twice-weekly service between Abu Dhabi and Rabat, stepping up its presence in Morocco and thereby creating a direct link between the two cities. Scheduled to start on January 15, 2016, the new service is Etihad Airways’ second destination in Morocco and complements its existing daily service to Casablanca, the airline said in a statement. It added that the move brings to nearly 4,200 the total number of seats available to passengers travelling on the airline’s services between the UAE and Morocco each week.