15 January 2020: Etihad Airways has partnered with easyJet. With this new partnership, customers can purchase tickets through the easyJet worldwide website connecting the two airlines' networks and opening new and exciting possibilities for travel between Europe, Africa, the Azores and the UAE. The collaboration comes into effect immediately.
The partnership follows easyJet's accelerated and successful roll out programme with flight comparison search engine, Dohop, which powers the easyJet worldwide website connecting its European network with longhaul flights. For Etihad, this has been attained using the NDC (New Distribution Capability) platform offering technical capability for new partnerships previously not possible. The partnership with easyJet and Dohop is the UAE national airline's first use of this technology and Etihad plans to add more airlines and travel partners to their NDC portfolio in 2020.
"This new collaboration between two great brands is a logical leap forward for both our companies. easyJet is a perfect launch partner for us in Europe, allowing us to reliably increase the breadth of our continental reach to and from Abu Dhabi, as we enhance ways of connecting directly with more airlines and travel partners around the world," said Ali Saleh, Etihad Airways Vice President Alliances and Partnerships. "The ability to provide end-to-end booking capabilities through our NDC platform will provide customers with 'one stop' solutions for seamless travel with partners, whether legacy or low-cost, through Etihad's global gateways."
Rachel Smith, easyJet's Head of Commercial Partnerships said, "We're excited to announce our partnership with Etihad Airways, which opens up Abu Dhabi as a destination to our passengers and more of Europe to Etihad. Through smart self-connections and strategic partnerships, we continue to extend the reach of the worldwide by easyJet network offering more value and more routes to more customers."