In case you’re unaware, Tartu, a city in southern Estonia, has been recognised as one of the three European Capitals of Culture for 2024. It and nearby areas will host over 300 events throughout the year. That means tourism will see a steep spike.

To serve its customers, Finnair has decided to launch a year-round service to Tartu starting March 31, 2024. The carrier will operate two flights daily, six days a week, between Helsinki and Tartu. The flight time between the two cities is about 40 minutes. An ATR aircraft will be used to ferry passengers. As things stand, no other airline offers a flight to Tartu.

Flights to Tartu will depart Helsinki at 1:50pm and 11:55pm, with scheduled arrival times of 2:35pm and 12:40am (+1) local time, respectively. The return flights will leave Tartu for Helsinki at 6:00am and 3:00pm to land in the Finnish capital at 6:40am and 3:40pm, respectively.

The new service will complement Finnair’s existing flights between Helsinki and Tallinn, Estonia’s capital. Up to ten Finnair flights a day operate on that route.

Latvia’s national carrier, airBaltic, and Switzerland’s flag carrier, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), will enforce their codeshare partnership from January 31, 2024. As per the agreement, the latter will add its code – LX – on the airBaltic-operated route from Zurich to Riga and vice versa.

The codeshare partnership is valid for to and fro flights between the two cities mentioned above in combination with a connecting service before or after the flight. This way, the passengers gain more flexibility for further connections beyond the capital cities of Latvia and Switzerland.

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USA’s Delta Air Lines has placed a first order for twenty Airbus A350-1000 aeroplanes. Once inducted, it will be a new aircraft type in the carrier’s fleet. Also, it will claim the title of the airline’s largest widebody jet.

The Airbus A350-1000 can fly over 400 passengers for up to 9,700 nautical miles (17,964km). Powered by the latest-generation engines, which can run efficiently on 50 per cent blended SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), the aircraft offers a 25 per cent reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Until now, Airbus has received more than 1,206 orders from 58 carriers worldwide for the A350.

Delta Air Lines currently has over 450 Airbus aircraft, comprising all the manufacturer’s product families – from the A220 to the A350-900. More than 200 are on order.

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Japan’s largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), and Italy’s national carrier, ITA Airways, have inked a codeshare agreement that will come into effect from January 24, 2024. As is the case with such mutual partnerships, both airlines will be able to offer enhanced connectivity via Rome Fiumicino and Tokyo Haneda airports.

All passengers of both carriers will be able to travel to their desired destination on a single ticket. Those travelling on ANA will have Rome as their entry point into Italy. However, their “NH” marked ticket will allow them to connect to five other Italian locations – Bologna, Venice, Turin, Florence and Naples. Similarly, ITA will mark their codesharing tickets with “AZ”, allowing passengers to travel to Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Itami, Kansai, Okinawa and Sapporo via Tokyo.

The duo is mulling to expand their codeshare partnership further, which will open more destinations for travellers.

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Images Source: Airbus Media Website.

From April to October 2024, Air Serbia will operate flights from Belgrade to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It will be a thrice-a-week service on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays, using an Embraer E175 aircraft. After the technical details and contracts are ironed out, the airline will publish the fares for the abovementioned service. This is likely to happen in a few weeks.

Once the flight link between Belgrade and Mostar is established, passengers can find more connections in Western and Northern Europe and the USA. Also, by adding Mostar to its network, Air Serbia will operate flights to 17 cities of the former Yugoslavia.