Etihad extends chauffeur service to Paris customers

All the airline's first class customers are eligible for the Etihad Chauffeur service for up to 100 kilometres radius from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, and business class passengers can travel up to 60 kilometres within the Île de France area.

The airline has selected two different types of limousines to operate the new service: the Mercedes E series for first class customers and the Peugeot executive sedan for business class customers.

Geert Boven, Etihad Airways' executive vice president sales and services, said:

"Etihad has established a reputation for providing the very highest standards of hospitality and Etihad Chauffeur is a further example of our service quality."

"We believe that the experience our customers have on the ground is just as important as the one they experience with us in the air. Travelling to and from the airport often can sometimes leave passengers feeling pressured, something the new chauffeur service totally eliminates."

Etihad has chosen Chabe Limousines, one of France's prominent chauffeured transportation companies, to provide the new service within the Paris and Isle de France area.

Customers flying into Paris from Abu Dhabi with Etihad Airways will be met in the arrivals area and escorted to their limousine by their chauffeur, ensuring little time is wasted at the airport.

The Etihad Chauffeur service is available also to the airline's premium customers at Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow, Manchester, Dublin, Bangkok, New York, Munich, Frankfurt, Sydney and Toronto, with more destinations to be added during 2008.