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Etihad, easyJet conclude new partnership

Etihad, easyJet conclude new partnership
The collaboration will come into effect immediately

UAE – Mubasher: The UAE’s national airline, Etihad Airways, has partnered with easyJet, one of the largest airlines across the world, to allow customers purchase tickets through the easyJet worldwide website which connects the two airlines’ networks.

In a first, customers can buy tickets through the easyJet website and choose from 68 cities on the airline’s network in Europe to Abu Dhabi, connecting on to Etihad Airways flights from the ten European gateways, including Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome, and Madrid, according to a press release on Tuesday

The collaboration, which comes into effect immediately, will contribute to new and exciting possibilities for travel between Europe, Africa, the Azores, and the UAE. Both airlines also plan to expand the partnership in the future.    

The partnership is in line with easyJet’s accelerated and successful roll-out programme with Dohop, a worldwide top flight comparison search engine. It is also Etihad’s first use of this technology.

Commenting on this milestone, Etihad Airways’ vice president alliances and partnerships, Ali Saleh, said, “The ability to provide end-to-end booking capabilities through our NDC platform will provide customers with ‘one-stop’ solutions for seamless travel with partners, whether legacy or low-cost, through Etihad’s global gateways.”

Moreover, easyJet’s head of commercial partnerships, Rachel Smith, concluded, “Through smart self-connections and strategic partnerships, we continue to extend the reach of the worldwide by easyJet network offering more value and more routes to more customers."