Etihad Airways, Gulf Air announce strategic commercial cooperation agreement

Etihad Airways, Gulf Air announce strategic commercial cooperation agreement

ABU DHABI — Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, have signed a Strategic Commercial Cooperation Agreement (SCCA) to deepen their partnership between Abu Dhabi and Bahrain and beyond the respective hubs.

The wide-ranging SCCA, subject to obtaining applicable governmental and regulatory approvals, was signed by Tony Douglas, Group Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Aviation Group, and Captain Waleed Al-Alawi, Gulf Air's Acting Chief Executive Officer. The agreement sets out specific actions for deepening and broadening commercial cooperation, building on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) the airlines signed in 2018.

Tony Douglas said: "This agreement reinforces the strength of the ongoing partnership between our two airlines. We look forward to exploring pragmatic ways in which the two carriers can increasingly work seamlessly between our two capitals, enhance benefits and customer experience for our most frequent travelers and further extend the reach of our joint networks beyond our hubs."

Captain Al-Alawi said: "Our relationship with Etihad Airways has always been strong and today we are reaching