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Etihad Airways has announced the expansion of scheduled services between Abu Dhabi and India as its strategic partner Jet Airways unveiled new routes and additional frequencies to further strengthen their partnership.
The two airlines, from early 2017, would expand their services between the United Arab Emirates and India by adding 28 weekly flights and three further Indian cities.
Presently, Etihad Airways operates 175 weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and covers 11 Indian cities. Together with Jet Airways, Etihad offer 252 weekly flights between Abu Dhabi that cover 15 cities across India. With the newly-announced flights, the airlines’ cooperative services would cover 18 Indian cities with 280 flights each week.
Etihad Airways would launch a fourth daily flight between Abu Dhabi and Kozhikode in March 2017, which would allow the partnership to better serve the important south Indian market. The airlines would also double its frequency between Abu Dhabi and Ahmedabad from February 2017 with the launch of a new daily service.
Jet Airways has also announced a number of changes in its operations between India and Abu Dhabi, which include the launch of daily flights between Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) and Abu Dhabi from February 2017. The airline would also introduce daily services from Kannur to Abu Dhabi. It has also planned daily services from the northern Indian city of Chandigarh to Abu Dhabi that would benefit travellers to and from the state of Punjab. These two routes are slated to begin operation in the second half of 2017.
From January 2017, Jet Airways plans to introduce a second daily service between New Delhi and Abu Dhabi, with Etihad Airways already operating three flights a day between the two capital cities.
James Hogan, Etihad Aviation Group President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Today’s announcement reflects how we have been working together to enhance our services to give the travelling public more and better choices by using each other’s networks.
“Our partnership with Jet Airways has gone from strength to strength. Sharing resources and reaching decisions together are key to our success. Jet Airways is Etihad Airways’ leading equity partner in terms of revenue and passenger contribution, and this expansion is indicative of the years of friendship, strong bilateral relationship and economic, trade and cultural ties enjoyed between India and the UAE.”
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