Etihad Guest is one of the most flexible and rewarding loyalty programmes in the world.
As an Etihad Guest member, you can earn miles, redeem miles and enjoy all privileges with Etihad Airways Partner airlines including Jet Airways, Alitalia, airberlin, Niki, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles and Etihad Regional.
We are now pleased to offer you even more benefits from our Etihad Airways Partner airlines.
Take off in First or Business Class between 25 February and 30 May 2015 and you can earn:
• Triple Etihad Guest Miles in First Class on Etihad Airways and Jet Airways.
• Double Etihad Guest Miles in Business Class on Etihad Airways, Jet Airways, Alitalia, airberlin, Niki, Air Serbia and Air Seychelles.
Below are examples of the number of Etihad Guest Miles you can earn with this promotion. You’ll be on your way to your next reward flight in no time!
    
Abu Dhabi - Mumbai
4,330 miles
Mumbai – Abu Dhabi
3,711 miles
Abu Dhabi - Berlin
8,682 miles
    
Milan – Abu Dhabi
17,592 miles
Abu Dhabi – Belgrade
5,238 miles
Seychelles – Abu Dhabi
5,205 miles
The bonus miles can be earned on all Etihad Airways operated and marketed flights with the above airlines.
To participate in this promotion, book your tickets online, through your travel agent and register your Etihad Guest membership number here.
Hurry, this offer is only valid for bookings until 10 March 2015.

Etihad Airways is also proud to partner with Virgin Australia.Together we offer an expanded global network of seamless connectivity, including convenient domestic connections
The Pacific Blue name and colour scheme has already disappeared, and soon its New Zealand registered aircraft will be re-registered in Australia. (Rob Finlayson)
Virgin Australia plans to relinquish its New Zealand air operator’s certificate (AOC) and transfer its New Zealand-based fleet of 10 Boeing 737-800s onto the Australian register as part of plans to streamline the airline’s operations.
The 10 ZK-registered narrowbodies currently under Virgin’s NZ AOC will be progressively brought onto the airline’s Australian AOC and given VH- registrations. The first of these, ZK-PBA, was re-registered VH-VOO on January 30, according to a search of the CASA civil aircraft register database.
Once Virgin’s NZ AOC has been relinquished, Virgin will have three remaining Australian AOCs.
A search on the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) website showed Virgin’s three Australian AOCs were for Virgin Australia Airlines, Virgin Australia International Airlines and another for Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.
The 10 aircraft will also soon be reconfigured from their current 180-seat, premium economy/economy layout to the standard eight-seat business and 168-seat economy cabins on the Virgin’s Australia-based 737-800 fleet.
Virgin chief executive John Borghetti flagged the integration of the airline’s New Zealand operations “into the rest of our international business” in a bid to streamline operations at its 2013/14 full year results presentation in August 2014.
The initiative was part of Virgin’s efforts to take out $1 billion of costs over the five years to June 2017.
“Cost will be a major focus over the next three years,” Borghetti said at the time.
It is understood there will be no change to Virgin’s New Zealand-based cabin crew and pilot numbers.
However, functions such as flight planning will be transferred to Virgin’s Brisbane operations centre. Those New Zealand-based staff affected by the change were expected to be offered alternate roles and/or job placement services.
It is also anticipated there will be no changes to both Virgin Australia’s trans-Tasman services and flights from NZ to a number of Pacific Island destinations as a result of the relinquishing of the NZ AOC.
Under an open skies agreement, civil aviation regulators of Australia and NZ recognise AOCs issued by either country. This mutual recognition was first mooted in 2000 and came into effect in 2007.
For example, Jetstar operates domestic NZ flights under its Australian AOC that is recognised by the Civil Aviation Authority of NZ.
In 2003, the then Virgin Blue set up its Pacific Blue subsidiary to operate trans-Tasman services, with the first flight on January 19 2004 between Brisbane and Christchurch.
The airline was then certified to start flying within New Zealand in 2007, with the first domestic flights on November 15.
Virgin withdrew from the NZ domestic market in 2010, the year it received approval from regulators for a joint-venture partnership with Air New Zealand across the Tasman.
Qantas’s historic Boeing 747-400 VH-OJA will fly into its new home with the Historical Aviation Restoration Society (HARS) at Illawarra Regional Airport on Sunday March 8.
The aircraft, which flew non-stop on its delivery flight from London to Sydney in 1989 and was Qantas’s first 747-400, is being retired after some 25 years’ service and has been donated to HARS.
OJA was expected to land at Illawarra Regional Airport at Albion Park south of Wollongong at about 0750 local time. The airport’s 16/34 runway was about 1,800 metres long.
The exact timing and date of the delivery flight was subject to weather conditions on the day, Qantas said on Tuesday.
The airline advised that perimeter roads around Illawarra Regional Airport will be subject to closures on the day.
According to the minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Shellharbour City Council held on Monday February 9, the aircraft would be open to the public between 10am and 3pm each day and at other times by appointment.
“At this stage HARS have advised that there is no commercial operation to occur relating to this aircraft,” the minutes said.
“This will be a condition of the licence agreement.”
The licence to park the aircraft was valid for five years.
HARS has received an “in-kind donation” from the Council to subsidise the cost of renting the site where VH-OJA will be stationed.
The cost of the rent after the subsidy is $4,773.60 per year plus GST, the minutes said.
There was also an annual fee of $650 plus GST for the lease of airspace given part of the left wing and tail will be 6.9 metres above Airports Road.
The proposed location of VH-OJA at Illawarra Regional Airport. (Shellharbour City Council minutes)
Qatar Airways has been slammed for its treatment of female flight attendants. Picture: Michael Probst-file / APSource: AP
IT’S one of the world’s fastest growing airlines with a modern fleet, but Qatar airlines has been rocked by reports revealing its shockingly archaic set of rules for female flight attendants.
Gulf carriers Etihad and Emirates were also blasted by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) for its “flagrant abuses of aviation workers” — but they named Qatar Airways as the worst.
The ITF exposed unbelievable rules in the contracts for female flight attendants at Qatar Airways including:
• Female flight attendants can only be hired if they are single
• They must remain single for five years after starting work
• If they want to get married they have to ask the airline’s permission
• Pregnancy is a breach of contract and can lead to firing
