November 9, 2023News

Air India Signs Intermodal Agreement With WorldTicket

Those travelling to Germany on an Air India flight will appreciate this new development. The carrier has inked an intermodal interline agreement with WorldTicket, the exclusive distributor for Europe’s largest railway operator – Deutsche Bahn.

This enables Air India customers to travel on a single intermodal ticket beyond Frankfurt to over 5,600 train stations in Germany on the Deutsche Bahn network. It especially comes in handy for travelling to cities without airports. Furthermore, the travellers can take train connections to and from Amsterdam, Brussels and Zurich via Air India’s Frankfurt link and benefit from the same baggage allowance as allowed on the flights. WorldTicket, an IATA travel partner, also has its AOC-holding airline – FlexFlight (W2).

Before this partnership, Air India entered into a similar intermodal agreement to provide travellers access to a network of rail and bus operators across the UK, Italy, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. Presently, intermodal tickets are available with travel agents worldwide. Progressively, it will be extended to Air India’s own sales channels.

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May 16, 2024

easyJet Announces Its New UK Base

British low-cost carrier easyJet is set to expand its UK operations further with the launch of its tenth base. Come March next year, a three-aircraft (186-seat Airbus A320neo) base will be operational at London Southend. The airline says the new base will create approximately 130 direct jobs for pilots and crew in the country and bolster several more indirect employment.

The UK is easyJet’s largest market, with over 56 per cent of its passengers flying in or out from UK airports. Once the new base at London Southend goes live, the airline will boost its annual seating capacity to 57 million, amounting to a 10 per cent increase over last year. The airline has launched 70 new routes from its home country, with many being served from its base at Birmingham International Airport. That base was launched in March this year.

From the London Southend, easyJet already flies to many international destinations, such as Amsterdam, Geneva, Faro, Palma de Mallorca, Malaga, and Paris CDG. Adding extra aircraft will enable the carrier to launch six new routes to Pisa, Gran Canaria, Dalaman, Antalya, Marrakech and Enfidha. Flights will go on sale later this year. However, the easyJet holiday packages go on sale tomorrow with departures from May 1, 2025.

May 15, 2024

airBaltic And Bulgaria Air Activate Codeshare Agreement

Latvia’s and Bulgaria’s flag carriers—airBaltic and Bulgaria Air—have announced the start of their codeshare partnership. As part of the agreement, airBaltic will add its code (BT) on the Sofia-Varna route. Bulgaria Air will add its code (FB) on the Sofia-Riga route and onward the flights operated by airBaltic from its base in Riga to Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, and Helsinki. The first codeshare flight was operated yesterday, May 14, 2024.

The codeshare agreement between airBaltic and Bulgaria Air stands to benefit passengers of both airlines. Where Bulgaria Air travellers can find connections to Scandinavian destinations on a single ticket, passengers of airBaltic can use the same flexibility and travel to destinations served by Bulgaria Air.

Also Read: airBaltic Launches Three New Flights From Riga