Etihad offers special fares for UAE customers

The promotion offers economy class return fares to the four popular Indian destinations of Cochin, Kozhikode, Chennai and Trivandrum.

European destinations include London, Paris, Frankfurt and Munich, with promotional economy class fares, and promotional return fares to African destinations Johannesburg, Khartoum and Casablanca.

Asian destinations include Singapore and Beijing. Return economy flights to New York are also available.

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

"This is a fantastic sales promotion for our UAE customers with great bargain fares on offer to popular destinations right across our network. We are anticipating great interest, especially for the Irish destinations for the period around St Patrick's Day."

Return flights to Cork and Galway in Ireland - available through Etihad's recent codeshare agreement with Aer Arann - are included in the promotion and offer an opportunity to celebrate St Patrick's Day on the Emerald Isle.

Promotional fares to two popular island destinations in Thailand, Phuket and Koh Samui, are also on offer. Etihad has also launched a parallel online promotion offering web customers special promotional fares to 21 destinations across the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.

Boven continued, "We have developed this special online promotion for those of our customers who appreciate the convenience of booking online. We have found that an increasing number of our customers choose to book directly on our website as it is open 24 hours a day, seven days per week."

Seven destinations in the Middle East are included in the online promotion with fares for a return flight to Doha. Other destinations include Muscat and Bahrain, Beirut and Damascus and Kuwait City and Jeddah.

The special promotion available at the Etihad website offers economy class return fares to the recently launched destinations of Almaty in Kazakhstan and Minsk in Belarus and Moscow in Russia. Flights to New Delhi and Mumbai in India are available to online bookers. Return economy flights to New York are also available online. Members of the airline's Etihad Guest loyalty programme can also earn miles for their accounts when taking part in both promotions.