Czech airline Smartwings and German LCC Eurowings have started the first phase of a codeshare partnership.

Beginning March 21, Smartwings will place its code on Eurowings flights between Prague (PRG) and 16 destinations: Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Birmingham, Bristol, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Faro, Hamburg, Heraklion, Larnaca, Malaga, Mallorca, Rome and Stockholm.

“The launch of our partnership comes at exactly the right time,” Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof said. “After two years of being locked up at home, the desire to travel is stronger than ever before. We are currently seeing a surge in bookings, not only in the Czech Republic, but across our entire route network.”