Air Serbia and Finalnd's national carrier have concluded a wide-ranging codeshare agreement which has come into force with immediate effect. As a result, the Serbian carrier has added its “JU” designator code and flight numbers onto Finnair's services between Helsinki, Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Riga, Vilnius, Tartu and Tallinn. The Serbian airline also added its code on a number of Finnair's domestic flights, including those from Helsinki to Turku, Tampere, Joensuu, Jyvaskyla, Kuopio, Kajaani, Kokkola, Pietarsaari, Vaasa, Kemi Tornio, Oulu, Ivalo, Kuusamo and Rovaniemi. In return, the Oneworld alliance-member airline will codeshare on Air Serbia's services between Belgrade and Helsinki, as well as on flights between Belgrade and Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Tirana, Bucharest, Sofia, Skopje, Podgorica, Sarajevo, Tivat, Larnaca and Thessaloniki.

The development comes just months after Air Serbia introduced flights between Belgrade and the Finnish capital. Commenting on the agreement, Air Serbia’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Jiri Marek, said, “We are glad to have established a codeshare agreement with Finnair, that provides passengers of both companies more choice and flexibility in organising their travels. We are sure that this exciting and strategically very important partnership will improve the economic relations of our countries. We are delighted to have the opportunity to host Finnair passengers on our flights to Belgrade, as well as other Air Serbia destinations”. Finnair's Head of Alliances and Partnerships, Philip Lewin, said, "Our new codeshare partnership with Air Serbia is a great way for Finnair to expand its network and reach in Europe. We are looking forward to start working with Air Serbia on these new codeshares which will enable our customers to have even more options and flexibility in their travel plans”.