Turkish Airlines inks deal with India’s IndiGo

By Tuba Sahin</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Airlines and IndiGo, India’s largest domestic carrier, on Friday signed a codeshare and mutual cooperation agreement. </p> <p>Under the pact, Turkey's national flag carrier will offer new destinations in India as marketing carrier on Indian airlines-operated flights, while IndiGo customers will be able to reach many European destinations through Turkish Airlines’ network, according to a Turkish Airlines statement.</p> <p>IndiGo was the first Indian carrier to offer flights to Turkey, said Bilal Eksi, Turkish Airlines' CEO.</p> <p>&quot;We believe this will be a great opportunity to improve our cooperation with our new codeshare partner IndiGo, which will provide new services and destinations for our passengers traveling to and from India,” Eksi said. </p> <p>Rahul Bhatia, the director of IndiGo, said the &quot;strategic&quot; partnership using Turkish Airlines’ network will expand the choices of IndiGo's customers for journeys beyond Istanbul.</p> <p>&quot;It will become possible for our customers to book itineraries into many cities in Europe on IndiGo, using Turkish Airlines and experiencing their renowned in-flight service,” Bhatia said.</p> <p><br> <br> </p> <p>