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Costa Crociere has signed understandings with the Spanish airlines Vueling and Iberia
Agreed the increment of the places flight dedicated to the crocieristi of the company
February 23, 2017
Costa Crociere has signed agreements with the Spanish airlines Vueling and Iberia with the scope to increase the places flight dedicated to the crocieristi of the company. Coast has explained that international the strategic understanding with Vueling will guarantee an ulterior improvement of the services offered to its hosts thanks to the offered wide of flights of which the airline arranges from Barcelona, as main operator of the airport El Prat, while the understanding with Iberia in existence represents the extension of a year of the triennial agreement between the crocieristica company and the Spanish aerial carrier that expiration in 2018 had.
In particular, the collaboration with Vueling will allow with fleeting the Coast coming from Spain to reach, passing for the airport of Barcelona-El Prat, the main ports of boarding of the ships of the company in Europe. Vueling will put in fact to they disposition all the flights via Barcelona directed to Copenhagen, Bari, Amsterdam, Amburgo and Stockholm. In addition it will propose also the Paris-Copenhagen route. Moreover the collaboration will allow with the coming hosts Coast from the other European countries to reach Barcelona, one of the main ports of boarding of the Italian company, in order to begin their cruise, thanks to the connections airplane from Rome, Naples, Palermo, Amsterdam, Monaco and Brussels.
With this partnership, that Vueling will have lasted triennial - from 2017 to 2019 - will put on of fleeting the Coast 20.000 places per year flight, for a total of 60.000 places in the entire period. Moreover both the operators will offer to the customers a dedicated area check-in near the airport of Barcelona-El Prat.
The extension until 2019 of the current agreement of triennial collaboration with Iberia previews an addition of 45.000 places on charter flights for 2019, that the total offer of places available will carry to 175.000. The partnership it will afford to increase the connections between Spain, Europe and the several ports of boarding of the cruises Coast in the continent. In particular, during the fleeting summer the Coast will be able to have use of connections from Madrid for Trieste, Rostock, Stockholm, Bari, Venice, Copenhagen and Amsterdam.
Moreover in the agreement various routes from and for South America are comprised, the Caribbean and the United States. In the summer of the 2017 coming passengers of Costa Crociere from Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay will be able to reach, passing for Madrid, the European ports of boarding of the cruises Coast. In the same way, during the winter, the European passengers whom they will reserve a cruise in South America will be able to fly with Iberia leaving from own country of origin in order to arrive in all the main airports of South America, as those of Buenos Aires, Saint Paolo, Rio de Janeiro.
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