Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, Garuda Indonesia offer more codeshare flights

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and Garuda Indonesia have announced a number of new codeshare destinations in Indonesia, Europe, the Middle East, Singapore and Australia, bringing the total number of codeshare destinations to 10.

"The partnership between Etihad Airways and Garuda Indonesia continues to develop in a mutually beneficial way, adding new destinations, improving connectivity, and offering new customer benefits.

"Connection times to many popular destinations have been reduced to under three hours. We also offer the fastest route from Jakarta to popular destinations like Manchester, Geneva and Brussels," Etihad Airways' President and Chief Executive Officer James Hogan said.

"The codeshare with Garuda Indonesia to Perth continues our expansion in Australia. It will further strengthen the Etihad Airways brand presence in Western Australia and pave the way for the airline to enter the market in its own right within the next two to three years," Hogan added.

Welcoming the extended network of the codeshare agreement between Etihad and Garuda Indonesia to new destinations, Garuda Indonesia President and CEO Emirsyah Satar said: "This codeshare, which was signed in October last year, has been contributing significantly to the needs and satisfaction of our passengers, and gives them the benefit of the seamless and the very easy connectivity from Jakarta to the world."

In another significant move, from 21 June 2013, Etihad Airways will re-time its flights between Jakarta and Abu Dhabi to offer seamless connectivity to and from even more destinations in the airline's global network, the company said.