Net profit at the company increased by 41% to $103 million with revenue up 19% to $9 billion last year.
Comparisons with 2014 are not on a like-for-like basis as these figures were only for the airline. In 2015 the company decided to reorganise itself into a combined travel and aviation group.
Despite this the airline remains central to the company’s success. Last year it carried 17.6 million people, which represented an 18.9% increase.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways president and chief executive, said: “A fifth year of net profits, with our best annual financial performance to date, shows that we are delivering against that goal.
