Etihad Airways and Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) have signed a codeshare agreement to provide their customers with seamless access to destinations in their respective networks. The partnership will bring convenience specially to those travellers who are looking to travel to secondary city destinations.
Following the success of Emirates and flyDubai partnership, which took place more than a year ago, these two national carriers also announced the news of their alliance to provide their customers with more convenience, flexibility and flyer benefits.
National carriers will now bear each other’s code to 41 destinations in their respective network.
Saudia’s flights to Abha, Al-Baha, Alula, Arar, Bisha, Dammam, Dawadmi, Gassim, Gizan, Gurayat, Hail, Hofuf, Jeddah, Jouf, Madinah, Qaisumah, Rafha, Riyadh, Sharurah, Tabuk, Taif, Turaif, Wadi-Ad-Dawasir, Wedjh, Yanbo, and Abu Dhabi will have Etihad Airways code EY. However some codeshare flights are still subject to government approval. These destinations include flights to Port Sudan, Tunis, Alexandria, Sharm el-Sheikh, Multan and Peshawar.
Etihad flights to Baku, Chengdu, Ahmedabad, Nagoya, Tokyo-Narita, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh, Belgrade, Seychelles, Chicago-O'Hare and Abu Dhabi will have Saudia’s code SV.
These airlines are also exploring joint opportunities in the cargo business sector.