Etihad Airways opens new Sharjah sales office

Located in Al Taawun Street, close to the Al Taawun Mall, the recently opened sales office provides Guests with information and details on all of the UAE's national airline's global flights and holidays.

"As the UAE's national airline, it is important to that Guests living throughout the country have the opportunity to find out more about the airline by talking to our sales staff in locations convenient to them. We anticipate considerable interest at the new Sharjah office, following the success of our existing sales offices in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Dubai," said Raymond Korban, regional general manager, UAE and Oman, Etihad Airways.

Etihad Airways now offers a wide-range of services on the ground for its Guests, including chauffeur transfers for premium travellers, and a coach service for Coral zone Guests travelling from Sharjah, Dubai or Al Ain to Abu Dhabi International Airport.

The Abu Dhabi-based airline also recently introduced electronic-ticketing, enabling Guests to purchase their ticket with minimal effort either by phone, the website or visiting a travel agent or an Etihad sales office.

Guests in Sharjah and Dubai can also access Etihad's highly convenient Dubai city check-in. As the only international carrier with a Dubai city check-in service, Guests can organise their ticketing, security screening, and baggage check-in on the ground floor of the Etihad office in Chelsea Towers.

"Our new destinations and product are proving extremely popular which means there is constant demand for Etihad flights and holidays. Our staff, at the Sharjah sales office, and right across the UAE, are highly trained in customer services and will offer extensive advice and information for our Guests," added Korban.

Etihad Airways, twice voted the world's leading new airline, is expanding its global flight network at an exceptional pace. In the first six months of 2006 the Abu Dhabi-based airline has opened new routes to Casablanca, Doha, Jakarta, Jeddah, Islamabad, Khartoum, Kuwait City, Lahore, Manchester, Manila, Muscat and Peshawar.

As well as expanding the number of destinations, Etihad is also taking delivery of its new fleet of purpose-built aircraft, including its first 3 zone aircraft, the Airbus 340-500.