Etihad Airways is set to launch non-stop daily flights to Washington DC, the airline’s fourth destination in North America, from 31st March 2013. The direct flights will be operated by a three class A340-500 aircraft. Each flight will offer 12 Diamond First class, 28 Pearl Business class and 200 Coral Economy seats, for a total 3,360 seats per week. The airline also announced its first flights to Basra in Iraq this week, which will begin from mid-April of 2012. This is Etihad’s third destination in Iraq, with flights already landing in Erbil and Baghdad.