Etihad Airways and Niki codeshare flights now on sale

Press release

Published March 6th, 2012 - 05:42 GMT

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, and NIKI, an airberlin group subsidiary airline, today announced the sale of joint codeshare flights.

This follows December's historic announcement that Etihad Airways had become airberlin's largest single shareholder.

From today, Etihad Airways will place its EY code on NIKI (HG) operated flights from Frankfurt, Milan and Munich to the Austrian capital Vienna.

Already, Etihad Guest frequent flyer program members can earn Etihad Guest Miles on all NIKI operated flights as part of the existing agreement between topbonus and Etihad Guest.

Etihad Airways President and Chief Executive Officer James Hogan said: "The beautiful city of Vienna is now one step closer thanks to these new codeshare flights.

"This is yet another tangible step in the roll-out and integration of our extensive cooperation with the airberlin group, and we look forward to announcing more destinations as our strategic partnership develops."

Background Information

Etihad Airways

As an airline, Etihad has come a long way in a short time – just like its home Abu Dhabi.

The airline was established by Royal (Emiri) Decree in July 2003 and is wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi with a mandate to operate safely, commercially and profitably.