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Latest archived mark · 2014

Etihad Airways

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Latest archived mark · 2018

Air Arabia

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What we compare	Etihad Airways	Air Arabia
Country in archive	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
Founded	2003	February 3, 2003
Founder	Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan	Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Headquarters	Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Name origin	Etihad means union or unity in Arabic. The name represents the unity of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, which are Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.	The name combines "Air" with "Arabia" and is written in Arabic as al-ʿArabiyya Lit-Ṭayarāan, meaning roughly "Arabia for flying". The sources used do not explain the naming choice in detail.
Highlights	Zayed International Airport hub, Etihad Cargo, Etihad Holidays, The Residence	Airbus A320 family operations, Low-cost scheduled service
Earliest archived brand logo	2003	2003
Latest archived logo	2014	2018
Archived logo assets	2	2

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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