Etihad’s partner airlines chart the way to sustainable growth
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In a recent development, chief executive officers of six airlines in the Etihad Airways Partners group met in Rome to identify and progress collaborative initiatives.
The initiatives focused on reducing the carriers’ costs, increasing revenues and expanding sustainable customer choices. The partnership summit was chaired by James Hogan, president and CEO of Etihad Airways along with Alitalia, airberlin Group, Jet Airways, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles and Etihad Regional and Alitalia.
The meeting was a take-off of the previous meeting on collective financing agreement.
“The airline industry is global, not local,” said Hogan. “Individually, we are small participants in the global market. But collectively, our partnership serves 330 destinations, flies almost 700 aircraft and carries over 100 million passengers each year,” he further added.
Members of Etihad Airways Partners also work together to reduce costs and improve efficiency. In addition to code sharing and joint commercial activities, members collaborate through resource sharing, adoption of best practice, and joint procurement of assets, services and supplies.
A number of airlines in the group have sourced additional aircraft from each other or redeployed excess fleet to each other. Employees have been transferred between airlines, enabling members of the programme to recruit skills or provide fresh employment opportunities within the group.
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