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Air Astana eyes joint venture with Italy’s Neos – Business Traveller
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Air Astana eyes joint venture with Italy’s Neos – Business Traveller

Air Astana Group, the largest airline group in Central Asia and the Caucasus regions by revenue and fleet size, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Neos, the second largest airline from Italy and part of the Alpitour group, to enter a strategic partnership. The deal will encompass several areas of cooperation, including a codeshare agreement under which Air Astana will apply its ‘KC’ denominator to Neos-operated flights between Milan Malpensa (MXP) and Almaty (ALA) and vice versa. Moreover, the airlines plan on collaborating on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner technical and operations performance sharing when Air Astana gets its first 787-9s in 2025, with Neos being a current Dreamliner operator. Furthermore, Air Astana and Neos say are considering and evaluating the formation of a j...
Iberia joins British Airways and Qatar Airways joint venture – Business Traveller
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Iberia joins British Airways and Qatar Airways joint venture – Business Traveller

Iberia has officially joined British Airways and Qatar Airways’ joint business partnership. The partnership between BA and Qatar Airways is currently the largest airline joint business in the world, covering more than 180 destinations in 60 countries. With the addition of the Spanish flag carrier, passengers will be able to connect to more than 200 destinations through the three airlines. In light of the joint business expansion, Iberia will add a new daily service from its hub Madrid Barajas International airport to Hamad International airport, starting from 11 December, 2023. Iberia will operate the Airbus A330-200 on the service, with 288 seats in business and economy cabins. Together, Iberia’s and Qatar Airways’ expanded service will operate three times daily on the route. The partne...