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South Africa,United Arab Emirates : ETIHAD AIRWAYS inks strategic partnership deal with SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS
Publish Date : 15-May-2013
Etihad Airways has signed a new "strategic partnership" deal with South African Airways, according to which the two airlines will initially codeshare on a range of flights and would also analyse options to save money through joint procurement, training and maintenance.
Earlier during the year, Etihad had announced signing of a similar partnership with Kenya Airways.
As per the deal, Etihad will be placing its EY code on SAA flights from Johannesburg to ten destinations all over South Africa, Africa and South America. SAA will place its SA code on 12 of Etihad's global routes. Additionally, members of the two airlines' frequent flier programmes will earn points through a reciprocal arrangement.
James Hogan, Etihad's CEO, stated, "This impressive, multi-layered, partnership will enable Etihad Airways and South African Airways to achieve significant goals in several different global markets as well as collaborate on a number of key commercial initiatives."
"This strategy, of working closely with partner airlines to serve secondary cities in a market, has been highly successful for Etihad Airways around the world and we look forward to build upon our already strong relationship with the team at South African Airways to extend our footprint in the strategically critical African market."
SAA's acting CEO Nico Bezuidenhout said, "This extensive commercial agreement will enable SAA to access the vast majority of Etihad Airways global markets. We are pleased to build upon the commercial areas of the agreement which are fundamental to a modern airline partnership."
