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Air Europa and Turkish
Airlines have jointly announced the start of a code-sharing partnership
effective as of 1st October, 2016 that enables both carriers to tap into new
markets and offer their passengers more travel options.
At the initial stage of their cooperation Air
Europa will place its marketing code on Istanbul-Madrid v.v. route operated by
Turkish Airlines while Turkish Airlines will place its marketing code on Madrid
– Las Palmas/Ibiza/Palma de Mallorca v.v. and Madrid – Havana/Santo
Domingo/Lima v.v. flights operated by Air Europa.
Such an expansion of the codeshare agreement
will allow passengers to benefit from better connectivity and increased travel
flexibility between Spain and Turkey and beyond the carriers’ respective
networks.
Air Europa´s CEO, Maria
José Hidalgo, praised the agreement reached as “it allows both companies to
continue its growth and expansion and gives us the opportunity to offer our
passengers a wide and varied range of connections with all the advantages and
comfort of a codeshare agreement.
“We are extremely pleased
to sign this codeshare agreement with Air Europa providing access to 6 offline
destinations in our network flights and aim to improve our partnership in line
with our growth plans in Latin America as Turkish Airlines. Moreover, we
believe that this partnership with Air Europa will not only maximize the travel
opportunities offered to our passengers through the networks of both airlines
but also bring enormous benefit from a commercial perspective.” said Temel
Kotil Ph.D. Deputy Chairman and CEO of Turkish Airlines.
Turkish Airlines connects 242 international
destinations and Istanbul, as the only city in the world having settled on two
continents, serves as the main hub of the global carrier. It offers
transcontinental advantages of its location in Eurasia and makes connecting
flights to destinations all around the globe easier than ever.
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