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Emirates
customers flying from Emirates’ network via Madrid, Barcelona or London
Heathrow, can fly direct to three points in Colombia and enjoy seamless
connectivity, in addition to other travel benefits that introduce more
convenience. Codeshare flights include Madrid to Bogotá, Medellin or Cali;
Barcelona to Bogotá; and London Heathrow to Bogotá.
Tickets
can be booked immediately on emirates.com, avianca.com,
the Emirates and Avianca Apps, contact centres or via both online and offline
travel agents, with codeshare flights starting from 4 June.
Avianca
will place its code on routes operated by Emirates, between Barcelona, Madrid
or London Heathrow and Dubai. The Colombian carrier’s customers will fly on
Emirates-operated widebody aircraft while enjoying premium dining, lie-flat
seats in premium cabins in addition to an abundance of content on Emirates’
award-winning inflight entertainment system, featuring more than 6,500 channels
of movies, shows, music and more, including in Spanish.
Customers
of both airlines will enjoy the convenience of seamless connectivity,
hassle-free booking of itineraries on both airlines on a single ticket while
reaping the benefit of securing competitive fares, and a single baggage policy
checked through to the final destination.
Adnan
Kazim, Deputy President, and Chief Commercial Officer, Emirates said:
“We are delighted to establish a codeshare partnership with Colombia’s largest
carrier, Avianca to provide seamless connections on select routes to customers
of both airlines. The codeshare agreement will enable us to expand our reach
and allow our customers to use our services and fly to additional popular
points in Colombia.”
We
are also pleased to offer Avianca’s customers connections through points in
Spain as well as London Heathrow to and from our hub in Dubai, along with other
benefits such a single baggage policy and seamless connectivity. We look
forward to developing the relationship further, and introducing more
added-value benefits in the future that will be felt by customers of both
airlines.”
Claudio
Vélez, Chief Revenue Officer, Avianca said: “We are very pleased to launch
this codeshare agreement with Emirates which ratifies, once again, our
commitment to connectivity, access to new destinations and a greater attraction
of passengers to Latin America. This collaboration will bring our region closer
to Dubai via Europe and it will also strengthen Avianca’s operation in
Barcelona, Madrid and London Heathrow. Emirates is one of the largest and most
prestigious airlines in the world, so this partnership is a testimony and
recognition of Avianca's track record, our world-class operational indicators,
and the strength of our route network.”
Emirates
currently has commercial cooperation agreements in place with 161 interline,
codeshare and intermodal partners.
Image
Credit: © Emirates Airlines
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