Mubasher: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, said Wednesday that it has inked a codeshare agreement with Precision Air, Tanzania’s leading domestic airline.
Under the new codeshare agreement, Etihad Airways will place its EY code on Precision Air flights between Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Mtwara, Nairobi, Zanzibar, Pemba, and between Nairobi, Kilimanjaro, and Zanzibar, according to a statement.
Also, Precision Air will place its PW code on Etihad’s daily services between Dar es Salaam and Abu Dhabi.
“Precision Air is an innovative and award-winning airline and this new codeshare agreement demonstrates Etihad Airways’ growing ambitions to strengthen its operations across the East African region,” said Kevin Knight, Etihad Airways’ Chief Strategy and Planning Officer.
“This is a further example of our strategy of working with partners to extend our reach, and provide business and leisure travellers with more choice,” he added.
Sauda Rajabu, Group Managing Director and CEO at Precision Air Services, said, “This is a new dawn for Precision Air and we are delighted to be working with Etihad Airways in this way. We look forward to welcoming Etihad Airways’ passengers on board our flights, and are excited about exploring additional opportunities to expand the relationship in the future.
“With this new partnership we are making it easier for passengers from across our domestic network to travel to Abu Dhabi, with convenient onward access to over 100 destinations on Etihad’s network, in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.”
The company said that passengers will be able to book flights via travel agents from 21 December or through the airlines’ sales offices and contact centres for travel from 11 January 2017 onwards.
