Etihad Airways and Air New Zealand are to codeshare on flights to Sydney, Auckland and Heathrow as part of the upcoming summer schedule.
Etihad’s EY code will be added to ANZ’s flights between Sydney and Christchurch, Rotorua, Wellington and Queenstown, and also on services between Brisbane and Auckland, Brisbane and Christchurch, and Beijing and Auckland.
ANZ’s flights into Melbourne from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch will also carry the EY code.
ANZ will add its NZ code on all Etihad flights to London Heathrow, plus its 11 flights per week from Abu Dhabi to Sydney, three flights to Brisbane, seven to Melbourne and three from Beijing to Abu Dhabi.
As part of the deal, the Air New Zealand Airports and Etihad Guest frequent flyer programmes will be integrated allowing members to earn points when flying on either airline.
The new codeshares go on sale from the end of February, subject to regulatory approval, for travel from the end of March.
Etihad said the codeshares strengthened its “commitment to Australasia”, complementing its Virgin Blue alliance launched last year (see online news August 26).
For more information visit etihadairways.com, airnewzealand.com.
Report by Andrew Gough
