Etihad Airways said on Tuesday it carried 17.4m passengers in 2015, a 17% increase over the previous year. The airline, which has rapidly in recent years expanded with minority acquisition in other carriers, also said it carried 75% of all passengers travelling through its home airport Abu Dhabi International. It operated 97,400 flights and said that growth in passenger demand exceed the airline’s capacity. The airline’s fleet increased by 9 aircraft to 121 as of December 31, 2015. Over 5m passengers came from code-share and equity partnerships, a 43% increase over the 3.5m code-share and equity passengers travelling on Etihad in 2014.<br/>