Advantages of Etihad Airways Online Booking System

By Shannon L Smith


Etihad Airways is the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates. The airline was established in 2003 and is based at Abu Dhabi International Airport and headquartered in Khalifa City A, Abu Dhabi. Etihad Airlines operates more than 1,210 flights weekly to almost 82 destinations in 52 countries. The fleet of Etihad Airlines consists of 66 Boeing and Airbus aircrafts. Etihad Airways' core activity is transporting passengers; however, they also operate Etihad Holidays and Etihad Crystal Cargo.

Etihad Airlines wants to reflect its Arabian Culture and tries to provide the best hospitality to its customers. Etihad Airways has termed its first, business and economy classes as diamond, pearl and coral zones. To streamline its operations and make travel bookings easier for its customers, Etihad Airlines introduced an online booking system. This system operates 24/7 and passengers wanting to book a seat on Etihad Airways just need a computer and an internet connection. This means that a passenger no longer has to search for the airline's booking office or look for a travel agent.

A customer can book a flight in a class of his or her own choice. The flight classes in Etihad Airways are; Diamond, Pearl, and Coral. The diamond class is equivalent to first class and pearl is for business and coral for economy class. Booking is subject to applicable fare conditions and availability of seats in the fare group. All online payments are done through credit cards. Customers can make amendments or cancel a booking prior to making a confirmation. Any modification after this must be made at the local Etihad Airlines office.

Another great facility that Etihad Airways offers to its passengers is the online booking facility. This has really made making travel bookings very easy. Regardless of the time or place, all that a customer needs is a computer and an internet connection. Just go on the Etihad Airlines website and you can straight away make your travel bookings. Just check the flight schedules and match them with your travel itinerary and go ahead and make a booking. Even if Etihad does not fly to a destination that you want to go to, the online booking system will make a booking on an airline with which they have a code sharing arrangement. Therefore, you won't have to make individual bookings.

The Etihad Airlines online booking system has a number of facilities for their customers like; special discounts, seat choice, extra baggage allowance, etc. Etihad Airlines online booking provides the facility of making reservation at anytime from any location. You only require a computer and an internet connection. It provides safe and cheap booking of seats. Once the confirmation is done after the credit card transaction is completed, the boarding pass is emailed to the given email address, which can be printed out easily by the customer. With a confirmed boarding pass in hand, a customer avoids having to go through check in at the airport. In fact, Etihad Airlines operates with separate counters to handle customers who have got online boarding passes.




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