Etihad and Saudia announce codeshare partnership and plans for greater cooperation

Etihad Airways and Saudia announced (22-Oct-2018) a new codeshare partnership covering 41 destinations and plans for greater cooperation in other areas, including frequent flyer programmes, cargo and engineering and maintenance. Details include:

• The codeshare covers the following destinations:
  • Served by Etihad: Abu Dhabi, Ahmedabad, Baku, Belgrade, Chengdu, Chicago O'Hare, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Nagoya, Riyadh, Seychelles and Tokyo Narita;
  • Served by Saudia: Abha, Abu Dhabi, Al-Baha, Alexandria, Alula, Arar, Bisha, Dammam, Dawadmi, Gassim, Gizan, Gurayat, Hail, Hofuf, Jeddah, Jouf, Madinah, Multan, Peshawar, Port Sudan, Qaisumah, Rafha, Riyadh, Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharurah, Tabuk, Taif, Tunis, Turaif, Wadi-Ad-Dawasir, Wedjh and Yanbo;
• The Alfursan and Etihad Guest frequent flyer programme teams are finalising discussions to offer reciprocal 'earn and burn' opportunities to members;
• Etihad Airways Engineering will provide select maintenance services for Saudia aircraft at its MRO facility in Abu Dhabi;
• The airline's cargo divisions are in talks for greater cooperation. Discussions are taking place to explore commercial cargo joint opportunities. [more - original PR]