Etihad Airways quietly but surely announces the farewell to the Boeing 777-300ER fleet. The golf carrier's 19 Triple Seven could follow the Airbus A380 by the end of the year.

Etihad boss Tony Douglas made this unmistakably clear at an online event. The airline from the United Arab Emirates is thus pushing the pace with the simplification of the fleet. Some time ago, Etihad put ten Airbus A380s on hold for an indefinite period of time. The comeback of the double-decker has also been a long way off since it was deleted from the official fleet overview.

The airline's Boeing 777-300ERs now suffer the same fate. The company is focussing on a business model "that is very much built around the 787 Dreamliner and A350-1000". The aviation portal reports Swiss Aviation. This is also necessary, among other things, to bring the business figures back out of the red low.

The 19 aircraft were delivered to the airline between 2006 and 2014. They have an average age of only 10,4 years. Six aircraft were already returned to the lessor Jet Airways in 2016