SAS and Star Alliance partner Turkish Airlines are entering into a code -share agreement that offers Scandinavian travelers easy access to six destinations in Turkey.
As
of today, SAS customers are able to book Turkish Airlines operated
flights with a SK flight code from Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm,
Gothenburg, Helsinki, Aalborg and Billund to Istanbul and further on
to Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman and Izmir. In addition, Turkish
Airlines will add their code to more than 20 destinations in
Scandinavia and Finland.
"We
are very pleased to announce this code-share agreement with Turkish
Airlines. Both tourism and trade between Scandinavia and Turkey have
increased with double digit figures the last years, and we are happy
to be able to offer our customers flights to six destinations in
Turkey", says Joakim Landholm, EVP Commercial at SAS.
SAS
customers will also be able to earn EuroBonus-points on all Turkish
Airlines flights since both airlines are partners within Star
Alliance.
Turkish
Airlines operates three daily flights to Copenhagen and Stockholm,
twelve weekly flights to Oslo and Helsinki, ten weekly flights to
Gothenburg and three weekly flights to Aalborg/Billund, a total of
almost 80 weekly flights between Istanbul and Scandinavia/Finland.