O le Etihad Airways o le a faʻaopopo tolu vaiaso vaalele i le va o Abu Dhabi ma Sini e faʻatino ai le faʻalua-aso faʻavasega mai ia Fepuari 6, 2017.

Le taeao alu ese mai Abu Dhabi - EY450 - ma le aoauli alu ese mai Sydney - EY451 - o le a faʻateleina mai le fa i le fitu vaalele i le vaiaso.

O lenei faʻaleleia atili o le polokalame a le kamupani vaalele i Sini ua sau ai ma le gaioiga a le paʻaga faʻataʻitaʻi o Virgin Australia e suia lana galuega Ausetalia i Abu Dhabi mai Sydney i Perth mai Iuni 9, 2017

Faalauteleina le maliega codeshare, Etihad Airways o le a faʻaopopo lana EY code i le Virgin Australia fou fou tolu vaiaso Perth-Abu Dhabi vaʻalele.

O le tuʻufaʻatasia o aʻafiaga o le faʻaopopoga Sini gafatia ma fou codeshare ma Virgin Ausetalia o se faʻateleina o le UAE fuʻaina tulaga a Ausetalia tulagavae mai le aofaʻi o 42 i le 45 vaiaso vaiaso.

Ina ia faʻaauau pea le faʻatulagaga, o le Etihad Airways o le a faʻagaioia ana auaunaga fou e tolu i vaiaso taʻitasi i Sini i taimi lava e tasi o vaalele a Sydney ma Abu Dhabi o Virgin Australia, lea na faʻatulaga ai e le Etihad Airways le code EY talu mai le amataga o Fepuari 2011.

O le Ofisa Sili o Pulega a Etihad Airways, Peter Baumgartner, na ia faapea mai: "O Ausetalia o se vaega taua o le tatou fesootaiga, ma o le a faaauau pea ona tatou faaopoopoina le mafai gafatia ina ia mafai ai ona ausia le tuputupu ae lua-auala manaʻoga mo pisinisi ma tafaoga tafaoga.

"O le vaegatupeina o a matou masini fou, le A380 ma le B787, i faitotoʻa uma e fa a Ausetalia, ma le teuina oa matou augatupulaga o loʻo gaosia ma tautua o loʻo faʻaalia ai lo matou naunautaʻiga i lenei maketi faatauva."

Mr. Baumgartner na faʻamamafaina foi penefiti mo tagata faimalaga o le fou codeshare ma le Virgin Australia ma le mafai gafatia luga o le Perth auala.

"Mai le ogatotonu o le 2017, o tagata faimalaga ma tagata tafafao maimoa i luga o le auala Perth o le a fiafia i le faʻafaigofieina o le 10 vaiaso le malolo malaga atu i le Abu Dhabi hub ma le le fesoʻotaʻiga fesoʻotaʻi i le sili atu 55 taulaga i luga o Etihad Airways 'lalolagi lautele."

Faʻatasi ai ma maketi fesoʻotaʻiga lua-lua mo Perth o Athens, Beirut, Geneva, Istanbul, ma le tele o Aferika nofoaga e aofia ai Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Khartoum ma Nairobi.

O vaegatupe faaopoopo a Sini o le a faʻagaioia e le tolu-vasega Boeing 777-300ER, o le ituaiga vaʻalele o loʻo faʻatautaia le taimi nei EY450 / 451 mamanu. O le vaalele ua faʻatulagaina ma valu nofoa i le First Class, 40 i le Business Class ma 280 i le Economy Class.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

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.