(MENAFN) UAE's national airline Etihad Airways and Saudia, the kingdom's flag carrier have celebrated the first anniversary of their commercial partnership by announcing 12 new codeshare routes to key destinations in Asia and Europe.

Etihad said in its press release, the two airlines have placed their flight codes on each other's services between Abu Dhabi and the Saudi Arabian cities of Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh and Medina, since signing their agreement in October last year.

Saudia has also added its "SV" code to Etihad flights between Abu Dhabi and 12 more destinations  Ahmedabad, Belgrade, Brisbane, Chengdu, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Lagos, Melbourne, Moscow-Domodedovo, Rabat, Seychelles and Sydney " while Etihad has placed its "EY" code on Saudia flights to Peshawar, Multan, Port Sudan and Vienna.

He noted, "Since announcing our partnership at this time last year, we have jointly achieved more than 53,500 passenger journeys, five times the 11,390 for the whole of 2018,"

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