Etihad Airways has just announced that it will launch flights to Boston in 2024. This is major, because it’s Etihad’s first new destination in the United States in many years.
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With Jetblue and AA (aren't they partners too) having decent presence in Boston, makes sense.
Remember that in 2017 when AA was asking the US gov to look into the Gulf carriers receiving state subsidies this effectively killed that service to DFW. AA ended the codeshare agmt & Ethiad pulled out. It was a fairly successful route. So maybe this move to BOS is a warming of the relationship since AA has a base at BOS.
What about LA or SF? Is it because they've transformed into complete dystopian cities?
Do you think this makes it more likely that they will bring the A380 back in more routes? Not necessarily to BOS, but if they are shifting a 789 or to two this route maybe adding an A380 to JFK or something?
Etihad's bread and butter is still the Indian subcontinent, SE Asia and Middle East. Already Emirates and Qatar are serving BOS, not sure if BOS has enough traffic/yields to support a third carrier from the Middle East.
BOS makes complete sense. With terrific Colleges/Universities that attract people from all over the world and so much more to attract Etihad its presence will be most welcome.
It does. 100%. QR and EY are consistently busy/sold. This flight will do well, guaranteed.
Even brand new routes don't have saver level award space. Baseline is now 3-5x mileage required for awards vs. 2019.
Really? But I can still book on AA miles if I go on the app? Not being difficult just curious!
@Andrew Reiser - you mean AA and JetBlue, right? The Northeast Alliance was dissolved last month; though AA is still appealing the court decision. Perhaps you can still use AA miles to book JetBlue tix even though the NEA is no longer?
No sorry I wasn't clear, AA and Ethiad are partners even tho Ethiad is not part of Oneworld. You can book Ethiad with AA miles.
So my point was Ethiad is partners with Jetblue which uses Logan as a Hub AND aa airlines which uses Logan as a quasi-focus city.
Sorry - I took “With Jetblue and AA (aren't they partners too)” to mean AA and JetBlue are partners.
Coincidence or not, this news comes mere days after we heard rumblings about Air India to Boston. Could both Etihad and Air India happily coexist at Boston with Emirates and Qatar already providing seats to/from India? I think so. Emirates, seeing this upcoming bifurcation of traffic, is likely eager to get their new, smaller planes and deploy them to Boston. As for Qatar, I think they’ve hit the sweet spot with A350-900s to Boston. Emirates needs to do the same.
This would be great I believe AA miles can be redeemed on Etihad and I’ve wanted to take a trip with my dad and depart from Boston together. BA miles plus $700 fees each way is costly.
OCTinPHL, AA has been a partner of Etihad for well over a decade (used to be a stronger partnership, but still). Long before JetBlue was a partner of Etihad and LONG before the NEA was even a thought.