Air Seychelles Extends Etihad Codeshare

Air Seychelles has extended its codeshare agreement with equity alliance partner Etihad Airways to include new connections to Australia.
 The new codeshare flights offer connections to Seychelles from Melbourne and Sydney, through Abu Dhabi. Flights from Melbourne offer daily connections, with 10 flights per week from Sydney and three weekly return connections from Seychelles to Melbourne and Sydney.
This comes after a Memorandum of Understanding for air services between the Republic of Seychelles and the Australian Government. Members of Air Seychelles’ joint loyalty programme, Etihad Guest, will earn miles for their entire journey when they fly on the Etihad Airways-operated codeshare flights to or from Australia.

Sea-Air Transport for East Africa

Ethiopian Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Djibouti International Airport for the provision of sea-air and air-sea cargo transport of goods in East Africa.
 Ethiopian Airlines is the biggest cargo operator in Africa, flying to 25 destinations across the globe with six dedicated freighters, of which two are Boeing 777-200 LR Freighters. The B777-200LRF is the most technologically-advanced cargo aircraft, with a carrying capacity of 103 tons.

SAA and Etihad Sign MOU

South African Airways and Etihad Airways have signed a memorandum of understanding allowing the two airlines to introduce a comprehensive range of codeshare and interline air services, as well as explore synergy and efficiency opportunities.
 The new collaboration will see SAA codeshare on 12 Etihad flights to Abu Dhabi and beyond; Etihad will have access to 10 cities in South Africa and the African continent; the airlines will explore joint procurement, training and maintenance opportunities; there will be provision for reciprocal ‘earn and burn’ with frequent flyer programmes.