Booking with Etihad from Rome or Milan to Abu Dhabi? You may end up flying with Spain's Wamos Air.
Etihad Airways recently doubled its daily routes to some cities in its network, including several European destinations among [...]

Etihad Airways recently doubled its daily connections to some cities in its network, including several European destinations including Milan.
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However, By booking with the Abu Dhabi carrier from Malpensa and Fiumicino., you may find yourself aboard not one of its Boeing 787s or 777s, but of An A330-200 from the Spanish leisure airline Wamos Air..
This will happen with regard to One of two daily flights between Milan and Abu Dhabi from January 15 to 31, 2025, while Rome will be 'impacted' more significantly considering the change-machine and operating company will cover the period from February 1 to December 31, 2025.
The connections involved are, in both cases, those that leave Abu Dhabi in the early afternoon to arrive in Italy in the early evening and then take off in the late evening to Abu Dhabi where arrival is scheduled for the morning of the following day.
Specifically, it is EY079 and EY080 operating over Milan and EY083 and EY084 over Rome Fiumicino. Those flights today are operated with a Boeing 787-9 and a mix of 787-9 and 787-10, respectively.
Wamos Air's A330-200s are configured in two classes with 20 seats in Business and 260 in Economy, for an overall capacity close to that of Etihad's 787-9s, which in two-class configurations can carry 290 and 303 passengers.
However, in Business Class the capacity will be significantly reduced from 28 or 32 seats to just 20.
The layout of the premium cabin will still be 1-2-1 with seats that turn into beds, But wifi service will not be available on board e in-flight entertainment will be that of Wamos Air and not Etihad's.
In addition to this, USB-C ports will only be available in Business Class. Since this is a lease, flight and cabin crew will be Wamos Air, but there will still be an Etihad Airways flight attendant on board each flight.