SriLankan flies to Central Asia on Siberian Airlines
View(s):SriLankan Airlines would operate flights to Central Asia with its latest codeshare agreement with Siberian Airlines (S7) which came into effect on December 17, a media release issued by the national carrier stated.
The codeshare will allow SriLankan Airlines’ (oneworld member elect) passengers to Moscow to access key cities such as Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk in the Russian Federation, as well as to Kiev – the capital of Ukraine, utilising S7′s strong network.
Similarly, S7 Airlines will place its code on SriLankan’s flights between Moscow and Colombo. S7 Airlines will also code share on SriLankan Airlines’ flights to Bangkok and Male via Colombo, the statement said.
Highlighting the importance of this agreement, SriLankan Airlines’ Chief Executive Office, Kapila Chandrasena said in the release that “The Russian Federation and the Ukraine are very important markets for us and we are very excited at the prospect of accessing key destinations in this region together with S7 Airlines, a highly reputed airline serving a global network, particularly many destinations in the CIS region. We believe that this partnership will be of great benefit to both airlines.”
The release also quoted Vadim Besperstov, S7 Airlines’ Deputy CEO for Strategy stating, “We are glad to announce this partnership with SriLankan Airlines. S7 Airlines’ passengers will discover new travel destinations on our code-share flights. We are looking forward to welcoming SriLankan on board of the oneworld airline alliance and offer even more benefits for our passengers and members of frequent flyer programmes.”