Ua tofia e le Etihad Airways Simon Newton-Smith e avea ma Sui Peresetene o Amerika a o faaauau pea ona faamalosia e le kamupani vaalele lona auai i le konetineta o Amerika i Matu.
O Newton-Smith o loʻo faʻatasi ma ia i luga o le 20 tausaga o le poto masani i faʻatauga faʻavaomalo ma fuafuaga faʻapisinisi e galulue faʻatasi ma kamupani lauiloa e pei o le Virgin Atlantic Airways, Airways Qatar ma South African Airways. I ana matafaioi muamua a Newton-Smith sa taua tele i le faʻatinoina o faʻatauga ma maketi faʻatau e faʻateleina ai tupe maua, vaʻavaʻaia faiga faʻapaʻaga ma pisinisi faʻatasi e faʻatautaia ai faʻatauga faʻatau, ma faʻamaonia ma faʻatinoina faiga lelei e faʻaitiitia ai tau.
“Etihad Airways is delighted to welcome Simon Newton-Smith to the team as we reaffirm our commitment to the North American market,” said Edward Fotheringham, Vice President Europe and Americas, Etihad Airways. “Etihad has just expanded its codeshare partnership with JetBlue and added our new A350 aircrafts to our North American fleet. Simon’s expertise will contribute to our plans for expansion in the market and help us to further strengthen our position as a top choice airline for North American travelers.”
Etihad i le taimi nei o loʻo faʻatumauina auala i nofoaga tetele i Amerika i Matu e aofia ai Niu Ioka, Washington DC, Chicago ma Toronto. O le kamupani vaalele talu ai nei na faʻalauteleina ai le latou codeshare faiga faʻatasi ma le kamupani vaalele a Niu Ioka JetBlue e tuʻuina atu ai i tagata Etihad Airways le tele o avanoa e oʻo atu ai i nofoaga i Amerika i Matu, Caribbean, Central ma Amerika i Saute.
"O se taimi fiafia e auai ai i Etihad, lea na faatoa lafoina faʻamaumauga faʻamaumau tupe mama ina ua uma ona faia se suiga na vaʻaia ai e le vaʻa le faʻalauiloaina atili o a latou oloa ma se taulaiga taua i le faʻaauau," o le tala lea a Newton-Smith. "O loʻo i ai i le kamupani ni fuafuaga faʻapitoa mo Amerika ma ou te fiafia e auai i le 'au i lenei taimi taua ao matou faʻamoemoe e faʻamalosia lo matou auai i le maketi."
