Etihad Airways’ Grid Girls to add glamour to Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Members of Etihad Airways’ cabin crew will add style and glamour to this Sunday’s Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, when they walk out in front of a worldwide audience of motor-racing enthusiasts at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Etihad Airways handpicked 56 cabin crew members as ‘grid girls’ who will wear the airline’s sleek and elegant uniforms at the starting grid on race day. The grid girls will be flag bearers for the race car drivers, and help at the prize ceremony of the final race of the 2015 season.

The UAE flag carrier has been the title sponsor of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Middle East’s biggest sporting event, since the inaugural race in 2009, and has extended its deal until 2021, making it one of the longest title sponsors in F1 history.

About Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways began operations in 2003, and in 2014 carried 14.8 million passengers. From its Abu Dhabi base, Etihad Airways flies to or has announced plans to serve 116 passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. The airline has a fleet of 120 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and more than 200 aircraft on firm order, including 66 Boeing 787s, 25Boeing 777Xs, 62 Airbus A350s and five Airbus A380s.

Etihad Airways holds equity investments in airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Alitalia, Jet Airways, Virgin Australia, and Swiss-based Darwin Airline, trading as Etihad Regional. Etihad Airways, along with airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Alitalia, Etihad Regional, Jet Airways and NIKI, also participate in Etihad Airways Partners, a new brand that brings together like-minded airlines to offer customers more choice through improved networks and schedules and enhanced frequent flyer benefits.