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WestJet has become Air Serbia’s new partner in Canada, just over a week after launching services to Toronto. Passengers will be able to connect to and from Air Serbia's Toronto flight onto WestJet’s network, including Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, said, “Cooperation with WestJet is an important step forward in further expansion of our presence on the North American market. With this partnership, we offer an ever-wider choice of destinations across Canada to our passengers, with easier and more efficient connections via Toronto”. The two sides have inked a Special Prorate Agreement (SPA), a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows them to sell itineraries involving each other's flights at pre-agreed rates that differ from standard industry prorate rules.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
ReplyDeleteOf course Air Canada would never agree.
DeleteGreat choice! Westjet can connect them with second-largest diaspora in Vancouver area.
ReplyDeleteIt might be Calgary, as a WestJet hu and the headquarter.
DeleteA 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.
ReplyDeleteI believe this is meant you fly Westjet Calgary to Toronto, then Air Serbia Toronto to Belgrade. But it's ok if you prefer Westjet. Once in Rome, you don't even have to use JU to BEG, there are plenty of options
DeleteI know, correct, but since they do the westjet deal, would not hurt. Many of us from Vancouver would never ever fly to Europe via Toronto or eastern Canada as it makes trip longer and more complicated (good for the option to exist for those who would), while flying via Calgary is ok, as it on on the way to Europe anyways and rather simple transfer, having a one ticket purchased with Westjet all the way to Belgrade via Rome (or even London or Paris) would be a great option.
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