Neelam
Mathews
May 22,
2013
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News is
coming in that Etihad CEO James Hogan has announced Jet Airways plans to
transfer its European hub from Brussels to Amsterdam's Schiphol.
No time-line was given. Hogan
also said that Etihad had no intention of joining Skyteam, but plans to work
closely with US member, Delta. Etihad already works closely with KLM covering
various destinations on a joint venture arrangement.
Etihad’s
daily service to Amsterdam, operated by a two cabin Airbus A330-200 and
configured to carry 262 passengers with 22 in Business Class and 240 in Economy Class, was
launched on Wednesday 15 May and carries KLM’s KL code.The launch of the new
flights coincides with the addition of 12 new KLM destinations out of Schiphol
Airport which now carry Etihad Airways EY code. KLM has also added its KL code
to a further six Etihad Airways destinations from its Abu Dhabi hub.
The 12 additional destinations that Etihad Airways customers
can now access through codeshare operations with KLM are Stockholm, Aberdeen,
Barcelona, Bergen, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gothenburg,
Helsinki, Leeds/Bradford and Madrid.
KLM now has its KL code on six Etihad Airways’ flights to Abu
Dhabi, Brisbane, Khartoum, Male, Muscat and Seychelles.
Ohh! that might shift the strategic equations of some companies such as Fokkar...
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