Etihad CEO Says 'Aircraft Is the Constraint' as China and Africa Drive Growth

Etihad Airways CEO Antonoaldo Neves told Skift in an exclusive interview that Africa and China will be its biggest growth markets next year, but a widebody shortage limits how fast it can expand. He said "in the mid-term, aircraft is the constraint" and "we could have had 15 more widebodies today." Etihad has doubled its seats in three years and plans to keep adding capacity as it builds Abu Dhabi into a larger global connecting hub.