Etihad Airways and Garuda Indonesia have expanded their codeshare agreement to nearly double the number of combined destinations beyond Abu Dhabi and Jakarta. The new agreement will cover 42 destinations across Indonesia, South East Asia, the Middle East, the US, and Europe.
Antonoaldo Neves, Group CEO of Etihad Airways, said: “This expansion will serve as a platform for what we envision will be a deep ongoing partnership between our two airlines. We look forward to exploring comprehensive and pragmatic ways in which the two carriers can increase collaboration, enhance benefits and customer experience for our most frequent travelers and further extend the reach of our joint networks beyond our hubs.
Irfan Setiaputra, President & CEO of Garuda Indonesia, said: "As a national flag carrier, it is our main focus to connect Indonesia with the world, providing a coherent relation to a wide range of diversity of nature and cultural richness throughout the archipelago. With both airlines’ extensive networks worldwide and nationally, we believe that this extended partnership will not only give added value to Garuda Indonesia’s passengers to access popular destinations across the globe, especially to the United States, Turkey, and Abu Dhabi, but will also offer a range of domestic destinations, especially in the area of East Indonesia for Etihad’s passengers.
Apart from expanding the destinations for passenger convenience, the two airlines also signed an MoU to explore other areas like Cargo, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, and Pilot/Crew Training Services.