Etihad Airways announced the appointment of Haitham Al Subaihi, a UAE National, as vice president sales central USA, based in the airline’s new Washington, D.C. office. The appointment follows Etihad Airways’ announcement that it would commence flights to the Washington region, its fourth destination in North America, on March 31, 2013 with daily non-stop flights from Abu Dhabi.
Al Subaihi began his career with Etihad Airways in 2007 as a Graduate Management trainee. In 2009, he served as Business Development Manager for North America, based in New York, before returning to the UAE to take his most recent role as Manager Sales – Government. The Washington DC region is home to America’s second largest market flying to the Middle East, after New York. Etihad Airways launched Toronto in October 2005, New York in October 2006 and Chicago in September 2009.