Pursuant to section 87U(4) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, sections 41(1) and 42 of the State Sector Act 1988, and
to a delegation from the Secretary for Transport dated
6 November 2007, notice is given that, having received
an application from Etihad Airways, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Martin Thomas Harold Matthews, Secretary for Transport in the Ministry of Transport, has granted the airline an open aviation market licence to carry on scheduled code-share services over the route Abu Dhabi-Melbourne- Auckland, with capacity of seven services per week, with the Melbourne-Auckland sector to be performed as the marketing carrier in a code-share arrangement with a carrier with the necessary traffic rights.
The licence has been issued for an indefinite term with effect from 28 March 2009.
Signed at Wellington this 25th day of March 2009.
JOHN MACILREE, Principal Adviser Air Services.