Namibia and Turkey partner

Air Namibia (SW) and Turkish Airlines (TK) signed a codeshare agreement this week. The agreement that will be effective as from 1 March this year covers routes between Turkey and Namibia, and set to expand the travel opportunities for the passengers of two airlines.The signing ceremony took place at Turkish Airlines' headquarters in Istanbul. Namibia's deputy works minister James Sankwasa and Turkish Airlines deputy chairman and CEO, Bilal Eksi signed the deal on behalf of the two airlines.The new codeshare agreement is bound to broaden the commercial partnership between two companies and their respective countries. At the same time, passengers of both airlines will be given more travel options between Namibia and Turkey.Under the terms of the agreement, Air Namibia and Turkish Airlines are planning to place codes on unilateral flights of SW on the Windhoek – Johannesburg route, the Windhoek – Frankfurt routes as well as unilateral flights of TK on Istanbul – Johannesburg and Istanbul-Frankfurt flights. It has also been considered that, when SW introduces the Windhoek – Istanbul flights in future, this codeshare agreement will be expanded by placing the code to include beyond Istanbul flights.Sankwasa expressed his satisfaction with this commercial partnership with a well-established and rapidly growing carrier like Turkish Airlines, which enjoys a broad route network. He also expressed that he is happy for Air Namibia to conduct this codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines and also added that the deal is a crucial experience for the national airline. He further stated that he is confident about this cooperation which will be fruitful for both sides and will be enlarged very soon.“Air Namibia is a small airline and in order to improve its competitiveness in this high competitive industry, it is important to have a strategic partner, as Turkish Airlines who placed on the top to become a partner with. “We believe that this will be just one of the many areas of cooperation between Turkish Airlines and Air Namibia,” Sankwasa said.“We are pleased to sign this codeshare agreement with Air Namibia and aim to improve our partnership to maximize the travel opportunities offered our passengers through our flight networks. Air Namibia continues its expansion successfully, and we believe that this partnership between Turkish Airlines and Air Namibia will bring benefit to both carriers, not only from a commercial perspective, but also in cultural interactions between Turkey and Namibia while promoting business travel between two countries,” said Eksi, as commenting on the agreement.STAFF REPORTER

Namibia and Turkey partner

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