E hoʻohui ʻo Etihad Airways i ʻekolu mau mokulele ma waena o Abu Dhabi a me Sydney e hana i kahi papa hana pālua i kēlā me kēia lā mai Pepeluali 6, 2017.
ʻO ka haʻalele kakahiaka mai Abu Dhabi - EY450 - a me ka haʻalele ʻana i ke ahiahi mai Sydney - EY451 - e hoʻonui ʻia mai ʻehā a ʻehiku mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule.
ʻO kēia hoʻonui ʻana i ka papa kuhikuhi Sydney o ka mokulele e hele mai me ka neʻe ʻana e ka hoa hoʻolālā ʻo Virgin Australia e hoʻololi i kāna Australia i Abu Dhabi hana mai Sydney a Perth mai Iune 9, 2017.
Ke hoʻonui nei i ka ʻaelike codeshare, e hoʻohui ʻo Etihad Airways i kāna code EY i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi hou ʻekolu o Perth-Abu Dhabi o Virgin Australia.
ʻO ka hopena i hui pū ʻia o ka mana hou o Sydney a me ka codeshare hou me Virgin Australia he hoʻonui i ka wāwae o ka hae hae UAE o Australian mai ka huina o 42 a 45 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka papa manawa, e lawelawe ʻo Etihad Airways i kāna mau lawelawe ʻekolu pule ma Sydney i nā manawa like me nā mokulele ʻo Sydney-Abu Dhabi o Virgin Australia i kēia manawa, kahi i kau ai ʻo Etihad Airways i kāna code EY mai ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana i Pepeluali 2011.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Nui o Etihad Airways, ʻo Peter Baumgartner: "He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ʻo Australia o kā mākou pūnaewele, a e hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻokō i ka ulu ʻana o nā koi ʻelua no ka huakaʻi ʻoihana a me ka leʻaleʻa.
"ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i kā mākou mea hana hou, ka A380 a me B787, i nā ʻīpuka ʻehā o Australia, a me ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana o kā mākou huahana a me nā lawelawe lawelawe e hōʻike ana i kā mākou kūpaʻa i kēia mākeke hoʻokūkū nui."
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo Mr. Baumgartner i nā pōmaikaʻi no ka poʻe huakaʻi o ka codeshare hou me Virgin Australia a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki ma ke ala Perth.
"Mai ka waena o 2017, e hauʻoli ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana a me ka leʻaleʻa ma ke ala Perth i ka ʻoluʻolu o 10 mau huakaʻi hoʻomaha ʻole i kēlā me kēia pule i ko mākou Abu Dhabi hub a me ka launa pū ʻana i nā kūlanakauhale ʻoi aku ma mua o 55 ma o ka pūnaewele puni honua ʻo Etihad Airways."
Ma waena o nā mākeke pili ʻelua ala hou no Perth ʻo Athens, Beirut, Geneva, Istanbul, a me kekahi mau wahi o ʻApelika me Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Khartoum a me Nairobi.
E hoʻohana ʻia nā mokulele ʻē aʻe ma Sydney e kahi Boeing 777-300ER ʻekolu papa, ke ʻano mokulele e hana ana i ke kumu EY450/451 o kēia manawa. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka mokulele me ʻewalu mau noho ma ka Papa Mua, 40 ma ka Papa Pāʻoihana a me 280 ma ka Papa Economy.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The combined impact of the additional Sydney capacity and new codeshare with Virgin Australia is an increase in the UAE flag carrier's Australian footprint from a total of 42 to 45 weekly flights.
- To maintain schedule continuity, Etihad Airways will operate its three new weekly Sydney services at the same timings as Virgin Australia's current Sydney-Abu Dhabi flights, on which Etihad Airways has placed its EY code since they began in February 2011.
- This enhancement to the airline's Sydney schedule comes with the move by strategic partner Virgin Australia to shift its Australia to Abu Dhabi operation from Sydney to Perth from June 9, 2017.
