ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways on Monday reported a 23 percent growth in passenger numbers in 2014 as it pushed ahead with expanding routes through code-sharing and acquisitions.
The Abu Dhabi government-owned airline carried 14.8 million passengers last year, it said in a statement, without providing the comparable 2013 figure.
Passenger numbers from its codeshare partners grew 40 percent over the same timeframe to 3.5 million.
Our business model "continued to yield positive results in 2014 and surpassed our double-digit targets for passenger and cargo growth," said James Hogan, president and chief executive of the airline.
The airline's cargo business grew 17 percent in 2014 year on year.
It entered into seven new codeshare tie-ups and bought a 49 percent stake in Alitalia in 2014. The Italian carrier joins Etihad's equity partners network that includes airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Jet Airways and Virgin Australia.
Etihad launched services to 10 new destinations in 2014 and increased frequencies on 23 existing routes, it added.
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