Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, recently opened doors to a new world-class medical facility in Abu Dhabi for its employees. The complex includes an aviation clinic, employee visa medical centre, as well as an Emirates ID centre. Located at Etihad Plaza in Khalifa City, the facility will allow the airline's 23,800 UAE-based employees, access to a modern, comfortable and exclusive environment near its Head Office complex.
Ray Gammell, Etihad Airways' Chief People and Performance Officer, said: "As a global employer of choice, we pride ourselves on offering best-in-class services to our fast-growing workforce of Emiratis and expatriates. The new facility will allow us to further our development of well-being programmes, aimed at looking after the health of our employees, while improving efficiency and productivity."
Dr Nadia Bastaki, Etihad Airways' Vice President Medical Services, said: "The new state-of-the-art aviation clinic demonstrates Etihad's enduring commitment to offer high standards of medical services to the pilots and cabin crew. The clinic is regulated by Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD) and the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), and is proudly recognised as one of the leading aero-medical facilities in the UAE."-PR