SAS and Etihad Airways enter into partnership
SAS and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways have entered into a codeshare partnership. The new collaboration means that travellers can travel on a through ticket all the way between Scandinavia and the Middle East. There will also be an agreement between SAS EuroBonus and Etihad Guest so passengers can earn points on combined trips. In practical terms, this agreement means that a number of routes operated by Etihad will receive an SAS flight number with the prefix SK. The routes are Abu Dhabi to Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Rome, Milan, Zurich, Geneva, and London Heathrow. In the opposite direction, SAS flights from Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Rome, Milan, Zurich, Geneva, and London Heathrow, to Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm will have an Etihad flight number with the prefix EY. In addition, the codeshare cooperation will also include SAS routes from Copenhagen to Billund and Ålesund, from Oslo to Ålesund, Kristiansand, Trondheim and Stavanger, and from Stockholm to Umeå, Sundsvall and Östersund. These will all be assigned the Etihad prefix EY. The first day of sales for the new collaboration will be December 8th, 2014, with the first travel day, Monday 19th January, 2015.
- We are very pleased to announce this new codeshare cooperation with Etihad Airways and look forward to increase traffic between Scandinavia and the Middle East. Tourism and trade between our regions have increased over the years, and we are happy offer the benefits of both SAS and Etihad Airways to our travellers. From seven of SAS’ main European airports we can offer a high quality product with Etihad Airways to and from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, said Eivind Roald, Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at SAS.
- Partnerships like this one with SAS are central to Etihad Airways’ strategy and we look forward to placing the SK code on our flights to and from Abu Dhabi, and welcoming their passengers aboard our aircraft, said Kevin Knight, Chief Strategy Officer at Etihad.
