Turkish Airlines is enhancing their commercial cooperation with Air Serbia via a codeshare agreement expanding to destinations from both their networks. The codeshare expansion agreement was officially signed in Istanbul in the presence of both their CEO – Bilal Ekşi and Jiří Marek.
The two carriers, who already codeshare on routes between Belgrade and Istanbul, further enhanced their cooperation with Air Serbia adding its JU marketing code on Turkish Airlines’ AnadoluJet flights between Ankara and Serbian capital Belgrade. At the same time, Turkish Airlines has also added its TK marketing code to Air Serbia’s routes between Niš and Istanbul, as well as Kraljevo and Istanbul, providing passengers on these routes access to the global network of Turkish Airlines.
Both airlines already codeshare on these flights:
- From Belgrade: Banja Luka, Tivat, Ankara
- From Istanbul: Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Antalya, Dalaman, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Konya, Trabzon, Gazipaşa, Bodrum, Odessa, Kiev, Amman, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Nis, Kraljevo
Moreover, taking into account the complementary structure of timetables of both carriers and agreement working reciprocally will allow customers to enjoy seamless connectivity in their respective hubs.
Joint flights offer fast and convenient connections for customers leaving İstanbul – the biggest city in Turkey and an important flight hub in the region – to Belgrade and beyond, as well as for passengers travelling from the Serbian capital to Istanbul and beyond.
Turkish Airlines CEO Bilal Ekşi said that with the introduction of new codeshare flights on several destinations in Serbia, Turkey and the Balkans, passengers have started to benefit from an effective opportunity to enjoy more travel alternatives.
We hope to provide further travel opportunities for our customers with enhanced bilateral rights in the forthcoming period. By this chance, I would like to thank Marek and his team for their efforts to put this enhancement into effect.
Without a doubt, Ekşi said that this step would also be a substantial added value for the bilateral relations of both countries.
According to Air Serbia CEO Jiří Marek, improving their commercial cooperation with Turkish Airlines began in mid-2020, just a few months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which completely changed air traffic. However, he said that despite having to meet remotely, they managed to agree on an extremely successful cooperation on flights between both their hubs, which quickly expanded to additional points.
It is a great honour for me that we can now sign the additional expansion of codeshare cooperation between the two companies in a direct way, by the meeting of the two CEO and thus formalise even better cooperation in the months and years to come, hopefully with the weakening of the pandemic and global recovery of air traffic.
Turkish Airlines flies to more countries and international destinations than any other airline in the world. It currently operates to more than 300 international passenger and cargo destinations in 128 countries.
Air Serbia, meanwhile, has been a leader in air travel in the region of Southeast Europe since its establishment in 1927. This year, they will launch 12 new destinations throughout Europe and the Middle East, from its three hubs in Serbia.
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