More than three years have passed since Etihad Airways’ first passenger-carrying Airbus A350-1000 flight, which took place on March 31, 2022, from Abu Dhabi to Paris CDG. Between April and December 2025, the UAE carrier plans to fly the equipment to 10 destinations. Of these, four—Amsterdam, Atlanta, Frankfurt, and Milan Malpensa—have never seen it. It also returns to New York JFK, having last used it there in January 2024.