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MEDIA RELEASE 5 November 2015 ALITALIA AND AIR SERBIA ENHANCE TRAVEL OPTIONS IN EUROPE WITH EXPANDED CODESHARE AGREEMENT Alitalia and Air Serbia have expanded their codeshare agreement to provide air travellers with enhanced connections between Italy and Serbia, and further across Europe and the Middle East. As part of the deal, Alitalia will place its “AZ” flight code on Air Serbia’s services between Belgrade and eight international destinations, including, Athens, Berlin, Istanbul, Stuttgart, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Vienna and Abu Dhabi (effective 10 November), to increase the total number of codeshare destinations with Air Serbia to 20. In turn, Air Serbia will place its “JU” flight code on Alitalia’s domestic services between Rome, Perugia and Pescara, as well as on international flights between Milan and Abu Dhabi. The codeshare also covers flights from Rome’s Fiumicino airport to 14 cities including Abu Dhabi (from 10 November), Athens, Berlin, Bilbao, Düsseldorf, Istanbul, Malaga, Malta, Marseille, Nice, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Toulouse and Valencia, to bring the total number of codeshare destinations with Alitalia to 37. All existing services between Italy and Serbia, operated by the two national airlines, are already part of the codeshare agreement. John Shepley, Chief Strategy & Planning Officer of Alitalia said: “Italy and Serbia share strong ties in terms of business and commercial trade, as well as tourism. Thanks to the expanded codeshare agreement, Alitalia will witness new traffic flows, of both leisure and business travellers between Italy, Serbia and beyond.” Dane Kondić, Chief Executive Officer of Air Serbia, said: “We are excited to strengthen our codeshare agreement with Alitalia to provide business and leisure travellers with more choice and convenience when flying on our respective networks. This development has 1 MEDIA RELEASE considerably deepened our European network and at the same time made Italy more accessible to Air Serbia’s guests, who can now take advantage of easy connections over Rome to 16 destinations in Italy and abroad. We last expanded the agreement in September 2015 and to see such growth in our cooperation in just one month is fantastic.” The new codeshare flights are available for sale on the airlines’ websites, www.airserbia.com and www.alitalia.com, as well as through travel agents. - ENDS - About Alitalia Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana (alitalia.com ) is Italy’s largest airline and commenced operations on January 1, 2015 after acquiring the operational activities of Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana, now named CAI. CAI has a 51% controlling stake in Alitalia and the remaining 49% of shares are owned by Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. As part of its 2015/2016 winter schedule, Alitalia flies to 81 destinations, including 27 Italian and 54 international destinations, with a total of 124 routes and more than 3,800 weekly flights. Alitalia boasts one of the most modern and efficient fleets in the world with an average age of eight years. It is a member of the SkyTeam alliance and is part of the Transatlantic Joint Venture alongside Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines. Alitalia also collaborates with the other Etihad Airways Partners - airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Etihad Airways, Etihad Regional operated by Darwin Airline, Jet Airways and NIKI – in order to offer customers more choice through improved networks and schedules and enhanced frequent flyer benefits. For additional information, please contact: Alitalia Media, T. +39.06.65638950, Email. [email protected] About Air Serbia Air Serbia was launched as the national airline of the Republic of Serbia on 26th October 2013. It serves more than 40 destinations in Europe, Mediterranean and Middle East directly from its hub at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla International Airport with passenger and cargo services. The airline also offers long-haul and international destinations in Asia, Australia and Americas through its codeshare partners and its equity partner, Etihad Airways that holds a 49% share. The airline currently operates a fleet of 10 narrow-bodied and 5 turboprop aircraft. For more details please visit www.airserbia.com For additional information, please contact: 2 MEDIA RELEASE Jack Rigby, International Media Relations Manager, Air Serbia, Jurija Gagarina 12, Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: +381 11 20 19 442, Email: [email protected] 3 .