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Officials at the ribbon-cutting ceremony

Niki inaugurates Abu Dhabi’s first direct flight to Vienna

ABU DHABI, November 25, 2014

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, welcomed the arrival of its codeshare partner Niki’s inaugural flight from Vienna to Abu Dhabi, offering a direct connection between the UAE and Austria’s capital citiy for the first time.

The daily service is operated using a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft with 12 Business Class and 132 Economy Class seats.

The codeshare enables Etihad to connect Niki’s flights with leading destinations across its network in the Middle East, Africa, Indian subcontinent, North and South Asia, and Australia.

The flight was greeted with a traditional water canon salute and ribbon-cutting ceremony, attended by Niki managing director Christian Lesjak and Etihad senior vice president global sales James Mueller, among other officials.

Niki is the seventh airline to enroll onto the Etihad Partners programme, alongside airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, India’s Jet Airways, Darwin Airline, and Etihad Airways.

James Hogan, president and chief executive officer of Etihad, said: “We congratulate Niki on the start of its Vienna to Abu Dhabi service. This is the airline’s first long-haul route and also marks the debut of its impressive new business class offering. In addition, it is important as a codeshare route that allows Etihad Airways to provide direct access for the first time between Abu Dhabi and Vienna, a leading European economic, political and cultural centre, and connect the route with a range of other destinations across our extensive global network.” – TradeArabia News Service




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