Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Etihad Airways, ka mokulele mokuʻāina o United Arab Emirates, a me Kuwait Airways, i kahi hui codeshare ma nā lawelawe i koho ʻia ma nā puke e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 22 Dekemaba 2019, no ka huakaʻi mai 5 Ianuali 2020.

Ma ke kumuhana i nā ʻae hoʻokele, Etihad e kau i kāna code 'EY' ma Kuwait Airways e holo ana nā mokulele mai Abu Dhabi a Kuwait, Najaf a me Dhaka.

E hoʻonoho ʻo Kuwait Airways i kāna code 'KU' ma nā huakaʻi Etihad mai Kuwait a i Abu Dhabi, Belgrade, Casablanca, Rabat, Khartoum, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, Kāne ma Maldives, a me Mahe ma Seychelles.

ʻO Tony Douglas, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Pūʻulu, ʻo Etihad Aviation Group, i ʻōlelo: "ʻO kēia kahi hana nui mua loa i ka mea a mākou e manaʻo ai e lilo ka pilina a me ka ulu ʻana o ka pilina ma waena o Kuwait Airways, kekahi o nā mokulele ʻoi loa a me ka ʻike ʻoi loa, a me Etihad, kekahi o kāna muli loa a mahalo nui ʻia. ʻO ka hui pūnaewele a me nā pono huahana o kā mākou codeshare hana pū me Kuwait Airways e hana i nā pōmaikaʻi kūpono no kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, ke kūkulu nei i ka pilina ikaika ma waena o kā mākou mau lāhui ʻelua, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i ka maʻalahi a me ka ʻoihana lawelawe lele kiʻekiʻe a me ka hoʻokipa.

"Eia kekahi, hāʻawi iā Etihad i ke komo mua ʻole i nā mākeke koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole i lawelawe ʻia e Etihad, ʻo ia hoʻi i Iraq a me Bangladesh, kahi e loaʻa ai kahi kiko kiko a hoʻololi i nā kaʻa, a hoʻopiha i kā mākou lawelawe i kēia manawa i nā kūlanakauhale e like me Istanbul, e hiki ai iā mākou i kēia manawa hāʻawi i nā mokulele i ka puka pālua o ke kūlanakauhale. "

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kamel Al-Awadhi, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Kuwait Airways: "Hoʻokipa mākou iā Etihad ma ke ʻano he hoa codeshare. ʻO kēia hui hou e lawe i ka pilina i hoʻonui ʻia a hoʻonui i ka maʻalahi i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, hiki iā lākou ke manaʻo i ka pae like o ka lawelawe kūpono ʻole i loaʻa iā lākou mai kā mākou mokulele ke huakaʻi lākou ma nā mokulele codeshare i a mai Kuwait a Abu Dhabi a ma ʻō aku.

"E kākoʻo ke kuʻikahi i nā hana ʻo Kuwait Airways a me Etihad ma waena o nā kaona nui ʻelua a hāʻawi i nā koho huakaʻi he nui aku ma mua o nā puka ʻelua. E hāʻawi ka launa pū codeshare i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka maʻalahi o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lele i nā mokulele ʻelua e hoʻohana ana i hoʻokahi hoʻokoe, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kahi ʻike maikaʻi ʻole i kā lākou huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i nā mea hele a me nā ʻākena huakaʻi ke puke pololei i kēia mau lele ma o kā mākou pūnaewele a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻolaʻa o nā ʻākena. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole e hoʻonui kēia pilina codeshare i ka pilina ma waena o nā mokulele ʻelua akā ʻo ka pilina ikaika ma waena o nā kaikaina o Kuwait a me nā United Arab Emirates. "

Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Etihad Airways ʻelima mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Abu Dhabi a me Kuwait, a lawelawe ʻo Kuwait Airways iā Abu Dhabi me kahi lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

"He hana mua nui kēia i ka mea a mākou e manaʻo nei e lilo i ka pilina pili a me ka ulu ʻana ma waena o Kuwait Airways, kekahi o nā mokulele kahiko loa a ʻike ʻia, a me Etihad, kekahi o kāna ʻōpio a mahalo nui ʻia.
Na kēia hui hou e hoʻonui i ka pilina a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻoluʻolu i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, hiki iā lākou ke manaʻo i ka pae like o ka lawelawe maikaʻi ʻole i loaʻa iā lākou mai kā mākou mokulele i ka wā e holo ai lākou ma nā mokulele codeshare i a mai Kuwait a Abu Dhabi a ma waho.
Ma ka huli ʻana, e kau ʻo Kuwait Airways i kāna code 'KU' ma nā mokulele Etihad mai Kuwait a Abu Dhabi, Belgrade, Casablanca, Rabat, Khartoum, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, Male in the Maldives, a me Mahe ma Seychelles.