BiziBB
Oct 7, 08, 6:16 pm
Etihad is adding its EY code to more Brussels Airlines flights, extending a codeshare that has been running for three years.
Under the deal, which came into effect on October 6, the Abu Dhabi-based airline will place its two-letter ‘EY’ code on Brussels Airlines’ flights from the Belgium capital to Oslo in Norway, Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden, Helsinki in Finland and Copenhagen in Denmark
James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ CEO, said: “Brussels Airlines represents one of our most established and successful codeshare agreements. The extended arrangement opens up an important business and leisure market for Etihad, including the four key capital cities of Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki.”
Etihad operates four flights a week to Brussels. Flight EY57 departs Abu Dhabi on Wednesdays and Sundays at 2.50am and arrives in Brussels at 7.55am the same day. Return flight EY58 departs Brussels on the same days at 11.45am and arrives in Abu Dhabi at 8.15pm the same day.
Flight EY55 departs Abu Dhabi on Mondays and Fridays at 1.40pm and arrives in Brussels at 6.45pm the same day. Return flight EY56 departs Brussels on the same days at 10.10pm and arrives in Abu Dhabi at 6.40am the following day.
The original codeshare deal between Etihad and Brussels Airlines (formerly SN Brussels) came into force in October 2005. Under this agreement, Brussels Airlines places its code on all Etihad flights between Brussels and Abu Dhabi.
Etihad currently has nine other codeshare agreements with Malaysian Airlines, Jet Airways, Yemen Airways, Saudi Arabia Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Philippine Airlines, Middle East Airlines and UK-based airline, bmi.
Under the deal, which came into effect on October 6, the Abu Dhabi-based airline will place its two-letter ‘EY’ code on Brussels Airlines’ flights from the Belgium capital to Oslo in Norway, Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden, Helsinki in Finland and Copenhagen in Denmark
James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ CEO, said: “Brussels Airlines represents one of our most established and successful codeshare agreements. The extended arrangement opens up an important business and leisure market for Etihad, including the four key capital cities of Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki.”
Etihad operates four flights a week to Brussels. Flight EY57 departs Abu Dhabi on Wednesdays and Sundays at 2.50am and arrives in Brussels at 7.55am the same day. Return flight EY58 departs Brussels on the same days at 11.45am and arrives in Abu Dhabi at 8.15pm the same day.
Flight EY55 departs Abu Dhabi on Mondays and Fridays at 1.40pm and arrives in Brussels at 6.45pm the same day. Return flight EY56 departs Brussels on the same days at 10.10pm and arrives in Abu Dhabi at 6.40am the following day.
The original codeshare deal between Etihad and Brussels Airlines (formerly SN Brussels) came into force in October 2005. Under this agreement, Brussels Airlines places its code on all Etihad flights between Brussels and Abu Dhabi.
Etihad currently has nine other codeshare agreements with Malaysian Airlines, Jet Airways, Yemen Airways, Saudi Arabia Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Philippine Airlines, Middle East Airlines and UK-based airline, bmi.