Etihad will launch its first non-stop flights to Boston starting in March.
The national airline of the UAE is expanding its US network by adding flights to the capital city of Massachusetts.
Boston will be the airline’s fourth destination stateside, after New York, Washington and Chicago.
From March 31, Etihad will operate four weekly flights from Abu Dhabi to Boston via its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
With a flying time of about 13 hours, flights will depart the UAE capital on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Return fares for the journey start at Dh4,195 and are available to book now.
“We are delighted to introduce flights to Boston, which opens up Abu Dhabi to visitors from the American north-east and across the United States,” said Antonoaldo Neves, chief executive of Etihad Airways.
“We eagerly await welcoming guests to our extraordinary home as well as offering them access to our growing global network.”
Travellers flying to Boston on Etihad’s new flights can use Abu Dhabi airport’s pre-clearance service to process immigration before travel. The facility is one of only six in the world where passengers can go through customs before arriving in the states.
Why travel to Boston?
Famed for its rich history, Boston is also known for its prestigious higher education offerings, which include Harvard – America's oldest college. The city is popular with Emiratis, many of whom choose it as a place to study.
Travellers who flock to the birthplace of the American Revolution can walk the Freedom Trail, visit museums and art galleries and indulge in the coastal city's lobster rolls, freshly shucked oysters and creamy bowls of chowder.
Boston lies on Massachusetts Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. Sports fans visiting New England's largest city can catch a baseball game at the historic Fenway Park (the oldest ballpark in the US), home to the Boston Red Sox, or visit the TD Garden for a Boston Bruins hockey match or a Boston Celtics basketball game.
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Treaty of Friendship between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates
The United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates; Considering that the United Arab Emirates has assumed full responsibility as a sovereign and independent State; Determined that the long-standing and traditional relations of close friendship and cooperation between their peoples shall continue; Desiring to give expression to this intention in the form of a Treaty Friendship; Have agreed as follows:
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ARTICLE 2 The Contracting Parties shall encourage education, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two States in accordance with arrangements to be agreed. Such arrangements shall cover among other things: (a) the promotion of mutual understanding of their respective cultures, civilisations and languages, the promotion of contacts among professional bodies, universities and cultural institutions; (c) the encouragement of technical, scientific and cultural exchanges.
ARTICLE 3 The Contracting Parties shall maintain the close relationship already existing between them in the field of trade and commerce. Representatives of the Contracting Parties shall meet from time to time to consider means by which such relations can be further developed and strengthened, including the possibility of concluding treaties or agreements on matters of mutual concern.
ARTICLE 4 This Treaty shall enter into force on today’s date and shall remain in force for a period of ten years. Unless twelve months before the expiry of the said period of ten years either Contracting Party shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the Treaty, this Treaty shall remain in force thereafter until the expiry of twelve months from the date on which notice of such intention is given.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have signed this Treaty.
DONE in duplicate at Dubai the second day of December 1971AD, corresponding to the fifteenth day of Shawwal 1391H, in the English and Arabic languages, both texts being equally authoritative.
Signed
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