The codeshare settlement locations ITA Airways flight numbers on Turkish Airways flights between Rome and Istanbul. Turkish Airways, in flip, will put up flight numbers to a number of ITA Airways locations inside Italy from Rome. These embrace flights to Brindisi, Bari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Palermo, Lamezia Terme, Turin and Trieste.
Each events are members of a unique airline alliance: Turkish Airways is a part of Star Alliance, and ITA Airways remains to be a part of SkyTeam regardless of being taken over by Lufthansa. ITA will most likely make the change to Star Alliance afterward. Turkish Airways CEO Bilal Ekşi sees the settlement “as a possibility to broaden cooperation between two nations with nice potential.”
Turkish can also be strengthening ties with Vietnam and Icelandair
Along with the cooperation with ITA, Turkish has additionally introduced that it’s coming into right into a codeshare settlement with Vietnam Airways. Turkish Airways will use the code “TK” on Vietnam Airways operated flights between Hanoi – Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis – Da Nang. Equally, Vietnam Airways will place the code “UN” on Istanbul – Hanoi and Istanbul – Ho Chi Minh flights.
Turkish Airways and Icelandair may also cooperate extra carefully by a codeshare settlement. Icelandair passengers from North America and Iceland will quickly have the ability to switch eastwards to Istanbul through the Turkish Airways community. On the identical time, Turkish Airways passengers can hook up with Iceland and Canada through Icelandair’s community.
The agreements have been signed Monday at IATA’s annual assembly in Istanbul.
