Etihad, Air France expand codeshare network

Etihad Airways and Air France have announced a number of new codeshare destinations in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe for summer 2013, following their strategic agreement last October to foster closer commercial ties, build an expanded global network, and deliver unrivalled travel options for customers.
Placing its EY flight code on Air France flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Oslo and Stockholm, Etihad expects to build on the existing joint codeshare routes from Paris-CDG to Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Madrid, Nice and Toulouse.
Two more codeshare flights are expected between Paris-CDG, Lisbon and Marseilles. Air France is placing its AF code on Etihad’s daily flights from Abu Dhabi to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and to two cities in Australia – Melbourne and Sydneym and hopes to expand the service to include Singapore and Brisbane and later on to Kathmandu (Nepal).
Air France already places its AF code on Etihad’s flights between Paris-CDG and Abu Dhabi to Colombo (Sri Lanka), Mahé (Seychelles) and Male (Maldives).