Etihad Airways has fired the opening salvo in a Gulf fares war, halving prices on its long-haul network in a bid to fill aircraft emptied by the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran.
The Abu Dhabi-based flag carrier is offering some of the keenest fares ever seen from the United Kingdom to Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Maldives, Bangkok and Tokyo for departures in May returning in June. A number of those fares now sit at roughly one-sixth of the equivalent ticket on British Airways.
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