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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 route operated by Turkish Airlines
while Turkish Airlines will place its marketing code on Madrid – Las
Palmas/Ibiza/Palma de Mallorca and Madrid – Havana/Santo Domingo/Lima
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.”
Deputy Chairman and CEO of Turkish Airlines, Temel Kotil, said: “We
are extremely pleased to sign this codeshare agreement with Air Europa
providing access to six 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.”
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.
