Etihad Airways is celebrating 15 years since its first flight and its subsequent rise as one of the world's leading airlines.

With more than 400 employees from Etihad Airways Engineering and Etihad Technical teams gathered together to form a human mosaic photographed in front of one of the airline's Airbus A380s at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Etihad Airways commenced flying on November 5, 2003, with a single Airbus A330-200 aircraft, which performed a symbolic flight to Abu Dhabi's historic city of Al Ain. Regular commercial flights were launched on November 12 of the same year from Abu Dhabi to the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

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