Agreement MSC Cruises - Etihad Airways in order to transfer the crocieristi from Europe towards Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates



MSC Cruises has tightened an agreement with the airline Etihad Airways face to favor the transfers of the passengers of the crocieristica company from Europe towards Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates through the relative packages "Fly&Cruise" to the departures from Low Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Countries, Spain, Switzerland and Regno Joined with flights operated from the company emiratina or the airlines partner in its Network. The MSC hosts Cruises will travel with national the airline of the Arabic Emirates in order to on board begin their cruises of MSC Music that give 13 27 December 2015 to March 2016 will sail for 16 cruises from seven nights from Abu Dhabi passing for Khor to the Fakkan, Muscat, Khasab and Dubay.

"We are pleased to collaborate with Etihad Airways", it has emphasized the MSC managing director Cruises, Gianni Onorato. "Both the companies - it has added - are extraordinarily young but leader of the market, ambitiouses and dynamics. With our packages "Fly&Cruise", the MSC hosts Cruises will benefit of the impeccable service of Etihad Airways and our company, from the moment in which they on board leave their houses for an unforgettable experience in MSC cruise Music. Through ours partnership and along with Abu Dhabi Ports Company and to Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, we will work in order to promote Abu Dhabi like ideal destination for the winter cruises, to the aim to ulteriorly strengthen our offer in the area".

"Abu Dhabi - it has observed James Hogan, president and chief executive of Etihad Airways - is being developed like one of the main international destinations of cruise, with numbers record as regards passengers and of ships, like brought back in recent season 2014/2015. The future forecasts are even more solid with the opening of new Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal at the end of the year and cultural attractions major-league like the museums Louvre and Guggenheim di Abu Dhabi, to support of local the tourist offer. Ours partnership with MSC Cruises for "Fly&Cruise", so as with Abu Dhabi Ports Company and Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority - it has found Hogan - the market of the cruises in the United Arab Emirates and the region will expand, carrying ulterior travellers from different countries in Europe. It will assure moreover a comfortable experience of travel for the hosts in all the stages of their vacation, is in flight is via sea".

Contributing for approximately 20%, in terms of market share, the season of cruises 2014-2015 of Abu Dhabi, in the period between the 2011 and 2015 MSC Cruises has carried in the Emirates beyond 100.000 passengers of 115 various nationalities. In total the season of cruises 2014-2015 of Abu Dhabi, that it goes from October 2014 to May 2015, has received a number record of 200.407 passengers and 94 departures of ships.