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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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.

Last month, Transavia took delivery of its first Airbus A321Neo on lease from Air Lease Corporation. The low-cost carrier’s French arm has now inducted its first Airbus A320Neo, on lease from Avolon. A SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) blend powered the aircraft’s delivery flight from Airbus’ manufacturing site in Toulouse to Paris-Orly.

The carrier’s A320Neo has an 186-seat single-class configuration and features the new-gen CFM International LEAP-1A engines and Sharklets. Airbus’ Airspace XL bins raise the practicality quotient, providing 40 per cent more storage space than the standard stacks. Also, every seat has its own USB-C port. It will be used by Transavia France on its domestic network and across its European and Mediterranean routes.

Latvia’s flag carrier, airBaltic, has announced that it has suspended all flights to and from Tel Aviv. This comes into immediate effect and will remain so until March 31, 2024. Due to the uncertainty in the region and to keep its passengers safe and secure, the airline decided to take this operational step. That said, airBaltic aims to keep a close eye on the developments and, based on how the situation progresses, will make necessary adjustments to its flight schedules.

The carrier is inviting all the affected passengers to either file for a refund online or get in touch for other possible changes via their customer care number.

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Airbus has bagged a firm order from EVA Air. It is for 18 A350-1000 widebody aircraft and 15 A321neo single-aisle jets. With this purchase, the Taiwanese airline became the latest carrier to opt for the flagship A350-1000, which can seat up to 410 passengers in a standard three-class configuration. The long-haulier is powered by two new-gen Rolls-Royce engines, which can help the aircraft cover up to 9,700 nautical miles (18,000km) nonstop.

The A321neo, on the other hand, is one of the most popular aeroplanes for short- and medium-range routes. It currently dominates the segment with a market share of about 65 per cent. The A350 model range is also gaining popularity, with Airbus already bagging orders for over 1,000 units from 60 carriers worldwide. Both aircraft mentioned above can fly with up to 50 per cent SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel).

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