Air Europa signs Etihad codeshare

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Seated from left: Alvaro Middelmann, advisor to the chairman of Air Europa, and Kevin Knight, Etihad Airways chief strategy and planning officer, sign the codeshare agreement between the two airlines. Behind from left: Mario Hidalgo, VP Globalia; Abdul Qader Hussein Ahmed, Etihad’s VP government and international affairs; Khaled Al Mehairbi, Etihad’s SVP government and aeropolitical affairs; Imanol Pérez, Air Europa’s director of alliances, and John Shepley, Etihad’s SVP network management.
Seated from left: Alvaro Middelmann, advisor to the chairman of Air Europa, and Kevin Knight, Etihad Airways chief strategy and planning officer, sign the codeshare agreement between the two airlines. Behind from left: Mario Hidalgo, VP Globalia; Abdul Qader Hussein Ahmed, Etihad’s VP government and international affairs; Khaled Al Mehairbi, Etihad’s SVP government and aeropolitical affairs; Imanol Pérez, Air Europa’s director of alliances, and John Shepley, Etihad’s SVP network management.

Air Europa will being flights between Madrid and Abu Dhabi later this year after signing a codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways.

The service will run three times a week, the first direct route into Abu Dhabi from the Spanish city.

Etihad will place its code on Air Europa’s services from Madrid to Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan Malpensa, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca.

In return, Air Europa’s UX code will be placed on Etihad flights from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam, Brussels and Milan Malpensa.

This codeshare agreement will expand in summer 2014 to destinations across Spain, South America, the Gulf region, Africa, Asia and Australia.

“We have chosen Abu Dhabi and Etihad Airways as the gateway to India, China, Australia and other destinations served in the Far East. As one of the most important operators to the American continent, especially Central and South America via our hub in Madrid, for Air Europa the agreement between the two airlines is a step forward in a global market,” said Air Europa’s president and CEO Juan José Hidalgo. “Both airlines will provide an excellent link between America and Asia via Madrid and Abu Dhabi.”

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