Etihad and Condor add Abu Dhabi to Bangkok flights in wider travel deal

Etihad Guest members will soon redeem miles across Condor-operated flights

Last updated: June 11, 2026 | 17:06

Nivetha Dayanand, Assistant Business Editor

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Etihad and Condor add Abu Dhabi to Bangkok flights in wider travel deal

Dubai: Travellers will get more flight options between Abu Dhabi, Germany and Asia after Etihad Airways and Condor expanded their strategic partnership with a new Bangkok service and a frequent flyer agreement.

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Condor will launch flights between Bangkok and Abu Dhabi, making the Thai capital the third route in its planned Abu Dhabi operation after Frankfurt and Berlin.

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The agreement also gives Etihad Guest members the ability to redeem miles across Condor-operated flights, opening access to destinations across Europe, North America, the Caribbean and other markets served by the German leisure carrier.

Bangkok joins Condor’s Abu Dhabi network

The latest move builds on the strategic partnership announced by Etihad and Condor in December 2025, which already includes a codeshare agreement covering network connectivity and commercial cooperation.

Condor’s upcoming Abu Dhabi flights from Frankfurt and Berlin will be joined by the new Bangkok service, strengthening Abu Dhabi’s position as a transfer point between Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

The Berlin route will also give the UAE its only direct connection to the German capital, adding a consumer travel angle for passengers flying between the UAE and Germany.

More use for Etihad Guest miles

The loyalty agreement gives Etihad Guest members another way to use miles beyond Etihad’s own network.

Etihad Guest miles can already be earned through flights, hotel stays, holidays, retail partners and everyday spending. The new Condor agreement will allow members to redeem miles on Condor-operated services, increasing access to leisure destinations across its network.

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Abu Dhabi gains more transfer traffic

The partnership gives Condor passengers access to Etihad’s network through Abu Dhabi, including destinations across the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Etihad said the arrangement will support travel to destinations such as Zanzibar and Salalah, while also broadening options for passengers moving between Europe, the UAE and Asia.

Nivetha DayanandAssistant Business Editor

Nivetha Dayanand is Assistant Business Editor at Gulf News, covering aviation, financial markets and commodities. A business and financial journalist with a strong interest in multimedia storytelling, she regularly takes complex financial and economic subjects beyond the written word, producing explainer videos that make them easier for a wider audience to understand. Nivetha has interviewed senior policymakers, business leaders and global financial figures both on and off camera. Her past guests include UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud, a member of the House of Saud and the founder and CEO of KBW Ventures, Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund and Indian ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and N. Chandrababu Naidu. She has also hosted and moderated panels, conferences and awards shows, bringing her newsroom experience to live conversations on business, finance and the economy. An Erasmus Mundus journalism alum, Nivetha is drawn to stories that affect people directly and to reporting that gives a platform to voices that might otherwise go unheard. She was among the first journalists to speak to Petrofac employees in the UAE about unpaid salaries, broke the news of the planned demolition of Dubai’s well-known “Toyota Building”, and helped set the record straight on widely circulated claims that a giant replica of the Moon was coming to Dubai. More recently, her exclusive interview with EDGE Group CEO Hamad Al Marar revealed how the UAE-based defence group deployed its systems along the country’s shore border and established a geofence around the UAE within 48 hours of the February 28 escalation. Prior to joining Gulf News, Nivetha worked at ITP Media, where she helped launch Finance Middle East, a new publication covering the region’s financial sector. Her role spanned reporting and editing, video production, interviews and events. Across print, digital, and video, she focuses on finding the people behind business stories and explaining why those stories matter to the audience reading or watching them.