HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as the Ruler of Abu Dhabi has issued a decree appointing Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the new chairman of Etihad airways' board of directors. The new board includes Sheikh Khalid Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Head, and Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh, Mohammad Mubarak Fadhil Al Mazroui, Mubarak Hamed Al Muhairi, Hamed Abdullah Al Shamsi and Khalifa Sultan Al Suwaidi.