A codeshare deal has been forged between flybmi and Turkish Airlines.
The partnership will enable passengers to book via flybmi.com and travel from Manchester, Heathrow and Dublin to Istanbul.
The codeshare will also open up routes within Europe for flybmi as passengers will be able to fly on from Istanbul to Brussels, Paris, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Oslo as part of the agreement.
In return, people travelling with Turkish Airlines will have access to eight of flybmi’s European routes including inbound connections from Brussels to Newcastle and East Midlands, Norrköping and Saarbrücken to Munich, Oslo to Aberdeen and Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Paris to Bristol.
The UK regional carrier’s managing director Jochen Schnadt said: “This new codeshare with our partner Turkish Airlines enables our customers to book flights to Istanbul via flybmi.com, taking us to Turkey for the first time in the airline’s history.
“This is yet another step for flybmi in building a comprehensive network of strategic airline partnerships that allows us to reach new customers and widen our overall network reach.
“Entering into this partnership with Turkish Airlines is part of our over-arching strategy to further improve connectivity to/from our network of key business regions throughout Europe.”
Turkish Airlines, chief investment and technology officer, Ahmet Bolat, added: “We are pleased to sign this codeshare agreement with flybmi and aim to improve our partnership to maximise the travel opportunities offered to our passengers through the networks of both airlines.”