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WestJet will become Air Serbia’s new partner in Canada, just over a week after launching services to Toronto. Speaking at the Slovenian Aviation and Travel Industry Summit in Ljubljana yesterday, Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, said, “Last week we launched Toronto and in the next couple of days we will announce an interline agreement with WestJet and there will be something more to come. This will allow connectivity beyond Toronto. Codeshare is usually the second phase of cooperation once you get some scale”. An interline agreement is a commercial arrangement between airlines that enables passengers to travel on flights operated by different carriers under a single booking. It allows for coordinated ticketing, baggage transfer to the final destination, and streamlined handling of connections. WestJet is Canada’s second-largest airline after Air Canada, operating an extensive domestic, transborder and international network. Founded in 1996 as a low cost carrier, it has evolved into a full-service operator serving destinations across North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia through both its own flights and partnerships with other airlines.
Not a bad partner for Canada
ReplyDeleteGreat choice! Westjet can connect them with second-largest diaspora in Vancouver area.
ReplyDeleteA codeshare would have been much better.
ReplyDeleteFor companies maybe, but for what I understand, passengers don't notice any difference whether it's interline or codeshare
DeleteExactly.
DeleteAnd I doubt that anon 11:20 owns Air Serbia or Westjet.
One step at the time
Delete"Codeshare is usually the second phase of cooperation once you get some scale”"
There is a huge difference between a codeshare and an interline agreement. Unfortunately some people commenting an an aviation blog are ignorant even of the most basic things.
DeleteFrom passenger perspective, not so much. Passenger experience is the most important. Both airlines operate out of the same terminal so that makes it even easier to transfer.
DeleteThis is good news for sure.
ReplyDeleteWestJet is a better partner for Air Serbia in Toronto. They both use terminal 3, while Air Canada uses only terminal 1
ReplyDeleteGreat news and thank you. Hope this will include flights from western Canada (Calgary) to Rome, then AirSerbia from Rome to Belgrade.
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