Etihad Airways will add three weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and Sydney so that it operates a double-daily schedule from February 6, 2017, offering business travellers higher flight frequencies when flying to the north.
The morning departure from Abu Dhabi, flight EY450, and the afternoon departure from Sydney, flight EY451, will increase from four to seven flights per week. The additional Sydney flights will be operated by a three-class Boeing 777-300ER, the aircraft type operating the current EY450/451 pattern.
The enhancement to the airline’s Sydney schedule comes with the move by Etihad’s strategic partner Virgin Australia to shift its Australia to Abu Dhabi operation from Sydney to Perth from June 9, 2017.
Expanding the codeshare agreement, Etihad Airways will add its EY code to Virgin Australia’s new three weekly Perth-Abu Dhabi flights. The combined impact of the additional Sydney capacity and new codeshare with Virgin Australia is an increase in Etihad’s Australian footprint from a total of 42 to 45 weekly flights.
“From mid-2017, business and leisure travellers on the Perth route will enjoy the convenience of 10 weekly non-stop flights to our Abu Dhabi hub and seamless connectivity to more than 55 cities across Etihad Airways’ global network,” says Etihad Airways’ chief executive officer, Peter Baumgartner. www.etihad.com/
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