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Air Canada signs interline with Pegasus to open nine Turkey routes via eight European hubs

Air Canada has signed an interline agreement with Pegasus Airlines enabling joint ticketing and through-checked baggage for nine routes to Istanbul and Izmir. North America‑originating passengers can now book single‑itinerary connections to Turkey via eight major European hubs, including Frankfurt and Munich.

Discovered 2026-02-19T06:11:01.486563-08:00 | 2026-02-19T06:11:01.486563-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The pact adds nine Turkey routes with through‑ticketing and through‑checked baggage via eight European hubs (including Frankfurt and Munich), improving connectivity and seamless transfer options for travellers originating in North America.

  • The deal expands Pegasus’s transatlantic distribution and complements its broader European growth strategy, building on recent moves to establish an EU acquisition vehicle and other regional expansion efforts (see Pegasus’s European expansion: source:a84b0f66-ea0e-446c-a197-344673f75234 and takeover activity: source:8e37924c-45af-4e84-a926-b0b31b78204b).

  • It reinforces a trend of increasing North America–Istanbul connectivity through single‑ticket arrangements alongside other recent agreements and new nonstop services to Türkiye (see related U.S.–Istanbul partnership activity: source:3fa77d81-c278-46d8-a565-04bb6f3b5d81 and Toronto–Istanbul nonstop launch: source:fb74fa70-f093-4eac-91df-6bb6137bc821).

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2026-02-19T06:11:01.486563-08:00
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2026-02-23T05:10:31.414548-08:00
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