Etihad extends codeshare pact with Moroccan airline
September 26th, 2010 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANSAbu Dhabi, Sep 26 (IANS/WAM) Etihad Airways will extend its codeshare agreement with state-run Moroccan airline Royal Air Maroc to give its customers access to more destinations in Morocco and West Africa.
The deal will allow Etihad passengers to travel from Casablanca to the Moroccan destinations of Agadir, Laayoune, Fez and Marrakech, as well as Nouakchott in Mauritania and Dakar in Senegal.
In return, Maroc will offer travellers access to Etihad Airways services beyond Abu Dhabi to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Singapore.
Etihad Airways’ Chief Executive Officer James Hogan, said: “An important part of Etihad’s growth strategy is to offer customers access to as many global destinations as possible, whether this be through opening up new routes on our own or through strategic agreements with other airlines, adding breadth and depth to our network.
“The expanded cooperation with Royal Air Maroc will significantly enhance access to destinations for our customers flying beyond Casablanca throughout Morocco and to West Africa.”
Chairman and chief executive officer of Royal Air Maroc, Driss Benhima, said: “This new agreement confirms the confidence we have in each other’s operations and services, and helps meet our aims of enhancing the travel experience for our customers and providing them with new destination choices.”
–IANS/WAM
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