To boost cooperation between the
two airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and South African Airways say they
are extending their code-share partnership agreement. According to
ET, the new agreement enables the two carriers to extend their
code-share flight to regional points and domestic sectors.
Ethiopian will code-share on South African Airways' regional
flights to Windhoek and Gaborone and to domestic routes between
Johannesburg and Cape Town as well as Durban and Port Elizabeth
which started September, 2010.
Further, South African Airways will continue to code-share on
Ethiopian Airlines' daily flights from Johannesburg to Addis Ababa
and to additional regional points in the Middle East (Bahrain and
Kuwait) and Africa (Douala, Bamako and Kigali), Ethiopian adds.
"This enhanced code-share agreement with South African Airways will
provide wider choices of destinations for Ethiopian Airlines'
travellers to various destinations in Southern Africa," observes
Mr. Tadesse Adane, Ethiopian A/Vice President Commercial.
"We are indeed pleased to partner with South African Airways to
further develop the regional business." "Adding more points to our
code-share with Ethiopian Airlines, we shall provide our customers
with further access to key destinations in the Middle East and key
markets in our continent," notes Mr. Jason Krause, SAA Head of
Business Development. "We are looking forward to working closely
with Ethiopian Airlines as our partnership will improve the
connections between our respective networks." he adds.
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