THE significance of the
SA/EY codeshare is
best illustrated by the
example of India.
Etihad has a 24% stake in
Jet Airways, which serves 52
destinations in India.
Over and above the Etihad
flights, SAA is in negotiation
with Jet to extend the
codeshare to the many
flights Jet operates out of
Abu Dhabi.
If successful, the daily
flights into India that SAA
can offer from Abu Dhabi
on either Etihad Airways or
Jet Airways are shown in the
table (right).
Etihad and Jet operate
to 11 destinations in India
out of Abu Dhabi. The ones
listed in the table are the
destinations SAA is already
selling on its system.
JNB-Abu Dhabi timetable
Etihad Airways and SAA’s
Johannesburg-Abu Dhabi
schedule, effective March
29. Flights are being
temporarily advanced
an hour to compensate
for extra flying time to
circumvent war-torn Yemen.
Accessing Dubai’s business centre
The doubling of daily flights
to Abu Dhabi has been
welcomed by corporates who
can now travel down the
relatively quiet ten-lane E11
highway to Dubai’s industrial
and commercial centres that
lie between the Dubai CBD
and Abu Dhabi. Etihad’s
regional business development
manager, John Friel, adds that
Abu Dhabi International Airport
is situated close to Dubai, and
Jebel Ali is only 50 minutes’
drive away.
SAA’s new
destinations
Abu Dhabi
Bahrain
Kuwait City
Muscat
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Jeddah
Riyadh
Dammam
Malé
Edinburgh
Manchester
Dublin
Jakarta
Bangalore
Mumbai
Delhi
Chennai
Hyderabad
Trivandrum
Colombo
Seoul
Ammam
Narita
Nagoya
