MSC cruises partners with Etihad Airways
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MSC Cruises S A and Etihad Airways have recently entered into a new partnership agreement that will benefit MSC Cruises’ guests travelling to Abu Dhabi and UAE.
The partnership will showcase the ‘Fly&Cruise’ packages from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.
Gianni Onorato, MSC Cruises chief executive officer, said: “Both companies are uniquely ambitious and dynamic market leaders. With our packages, MSC Cruises guests will benefit from Etihad Airways’. Through our partnership and also together with Abu Dhabi Ports Company and Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, we will work to develop Abu Dhabi as a winter cruise destination.”
In its focus on developing the cruise market in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Oman, MSC Cruises has partnered with Etihad Airways. Under the terms of the agreement, MSC Cruises’ guests will be able to fly to Abu Dhabi from Europe with Etihad Airways to cruise in the region in winter. Guests will fly with the airline to their cruise during winter 2015-2016 on MSC Musica.
Contributing nearly 20% in terms of market share to Abu Dhabi’s 2014-2015 cruise season, MSC Cruises has brought over 100,000 passengers from 115 nationalities between 2011 – 2015. Overall, Abu Dhabi’s 2014-2015 cruise season, that ran from October 2014 until May 2015, welcomed a record 200,407 passengers and 94 ship calls.
From 13 December 2015 to 27 March 2016, MSC Musica will sail 16 seven-night cruises in the region from Abu Dhabi, calling Khor al Fakkan, Muscat, Khasab and Dubai.
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