NEWS FLASH
Italy’s national carrier ITA Airways and Croatia Airlines are expanding their codeshare partnership. The development comes just days after the European Commission approved the proposed acquisition of a 41% stake in ITA by Lufthansa, which will also result in the Italian carrier’s accession to Star Alliance. Under the expanded codeshare agreement, Croatia Airlines will place its designator code and flight numbers on its Italian counterpart’s services between Rome Fiumicino and Palermo, Bologna, Florence, and Naples. “This strengthened codeshare agreement between ITA Airways and Croatia Airlines will provide both business and leisure travellers with more choices and convenience when flying within the networks of both airlines. Italy will be more accessible to Croatia Airlines' customers, thanks to seamless connections from Rome to the listed domestic destinations. Similarly, ITA Airways will benefit from increased traffic flows between Italy and Croatia, catering to both leisure and business travellers”, ITA Airways said in a statement. ITA already codeshares on Croatia Airlines’ flights between Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, and Rome. The new codeshare flights are now available for booking through the airlines’ respective websites.
Did SAS cancel their code share with OU?
ReplyDeleteYes, starting 1.9.
DeleteThanks.
DeleteBravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't Croatia just offer Croatia Airlines to Lufthansa?
ReplyDeleteEspecially with A220 order confirmed, it would be a good reason for LH to be interested
Why would LH do that? Croatia Airlines already obliges as if it is owned by Lufthansa.
DeleteThey have anyhow their servant free of charge.
DeleteConspiracy theories again.
DeleteGain access to summer market (which they are lacking of), access to A220 - we all know that most of ZAG routes would be better of with CRJs and E195s
DeleteAgain why would they take over a debt stricken loss making airline for which they would again have issues with European commission so they could gain access to a small market by European standards which is extremely seasonal? This way they get all the feeding traffic they need without losing a cent.
DeleteWhy would Croatia do that?
DeleteMaybe the purchase of AZ by LH will finally push OU to open non-stop flights to FCO after 35 years. After all, Mutti's new hub needs to be fed.
ReplyDeleteKnowing OU's incompetence, my money is more on ITA opening it especially now that it has multiple A221s which are perfect for these feeder flights
DeleteNot sure what to think about LH getting a stake in ITA. Like they're already dominating the market and ITA could've become successful on its own.
ReplyDeleteI think Lufthansa will soon regret taking them over.
DeleteThe only one who might regret is ITA if LH Group becomes too aggressive with their feeding strategy instead of more connectivity. I'm sure that this will affect ITA's growth in some way.
DeleteDidn't Qatar fail with the old Alitalia? Yeah, I agree this might turn very messy for LH group.
DeleteYou mean Etihad, not Qatar
Delete@Anon 16:00
DeleteEtihad failed with Alitalia, Qatar failed with Air Italy (Meridiana)
This is LH we are talking about. They know Europe with LH, OS, LX, SN etc
DeleteCroatia will be exceeding 13 million air passengers this year so it's so logical move by ITA airways to Codeshare w Croatia Airlines.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet, the routes are all in Italy.
DeleteCroatia will be having more link flights via Italy ,that's how code sharing works.
DeletePpl can't wait to fly ZAG-FCO via DBV, than transfer onto another flight to NAP, pay it hundreds of euros instead of taking 50eur Ryanair flight 1:15h to Naples! By the time OU lands in DBV, you are already in NAP!
ReplyDeleteI have took return flight on OU in June Zagreb-Split-Rome and Rome-Dubrovnik-Zagreb. The price for return flight was 150 EUR for adaults nd 95 EUR for a child. Ryanair was a bit cheaper but flight schedule on Ou was more convenient. Landing in split and Dubrovnik is not really an issue. You wait in an aicraft for about 30 minutes. Aircondition is on and crew is nice. People here exaggerate with no reason.
DeleteCompletely usless codeshare unless this is a prelude to one of the two airlines introducing direct ZAG-FCO flights. Though knowing OU, my bet is actually on ITA introducing them.
ReplyDeleteOU's SPU and DBV flights also connect horribly onto ITA s network
Nice. Croatia and Italy are EU Schengen € Mediterranean partners.
ReplyDeleteWhat will happen with code share between Air Serbia and ITA Airways, can we expect to be cancelled due to new reallity?
ReplyDeleteYes. LH group dislikes JU. Expect AZ to launch competing flights given high prices between Serbia and Italy.
DeletePrices are not expensive at all. Of course, they are pricey in peak July and August but beyond that they are very reasonable. You also have Wizz Air operating LCC flights to Milan and Rome.
DeleteLH/AZ will not cede this market to JU and W6 once the AZ/JU codeshare ends.
Delete