Karachi, Pakistan.

Celebrations following the successful launch of Etihad Airways’ new route to New York City have continued with the UAE’s national airline launching “Sell New York See New York”, a joint promotion with Abacus.

This initiative by Etihad Airways is aimed at encouraging the agencies, by announcing attractive awards for the agents who manage to sell the maximum number tickets of the newly launched New York Route. To participate in this campaign, all Etihad tickets have to be sold through Abascus.

By selling 25 Etihad Airways tickets of New York, the agent will win a free trip to Abu Dhabi with 2 nights stay.

Moreover, the most attractive incentive announced by Etihad Airways within this campaign includes an opportunity to win two return tickets to New York with 2 nights stay in the ‘Big Apple’. This award will be given to the agency which manages to sell the highest number of tickets of the Etihad Airways New York Route.

Commenting on this initiative, Joost den Hartog, Area Manager for Etihad Airways Pakistan, said, ”It gives us great pleasure to collaborate with Abacus on this venture, the success of which would not have been possible without their support. Through this campaign, we are able to encourage our valued partner by giving them a unique opportunity to win amazing prizes.”

He further added, “As the world’s leading new airline Etihad Airways wants to share its successes with its partners, who play a major role in all our achievements. Through this Joint Promotion, we want to highlight the newly launched New York Route, and provide encouragement to our partners by giving them value added incentives,”

Etihad is operating one of its new, luxuriously-appointed, Airbus A340-500 on the New York route. The aircraft is configured to carry 240 Guests in three zones, with 12 in Diamond zone, 28 in Pearl zone and 200 Guests in Coral zone.

Mr. Sam Wong, General Manager of Abacus Pakistan said “Etihad Airways is a growing airline and within a short span of three years, they have shown tremendous growth both in terms of market reach and destinations within Pakistan”.

He added “Abacus and Etihad believe in rewarding customers and this exclusive joint promotion is our way of appreciating the support of our valued business partners. The launch of the New York shows that Etihad is an ambitious airline which is constantly innovating to meet the growing demands of its customers. Working with Etihad airways has therefore been a great opportunity for Abacus”.

Singapore-based Abacus International is the Asia-Pacific's leading travel facilitator with more than 11,000 travel agency locations in 24 markets. With 18 years of experience in fusing international best practices and local expertise with global and local partnerships, Abacus provides travel information and reservations specifically tailored to the Asia-Pacific region.

Etihad Airways currently flies daily from Karachi, daily from Lahore, six times per week from Islamabad and two times per week from Peshawar to Abu Dhabi, providing swift and convenient onward connections to the airline’s fast growing global network of 36 destinations.