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Some companies collect stamps. Others collect vintage wine. Hahnair? They collect airlines. By July this year, the German ticketing specialist had quietly (well, not that quietly) snapped up 20 more partner carriers, pushing its global tally to a staggering 350-plus. One imagines they’ll soon need a bigger mantelpiece.

Hahnair’s latest additions stretch from the Cook Islands to Kyrgyzstan, proving that, regarding airline distribution, geography is no obstacle, and obscurity is no deterrent. With its technology backbone linking 100,000 travel agencies in 190 markets, Hahnair has made itself the master key to markets that most carriers could only dream of unlocking.

Opening Doors with a Single Code

Adriana C. Carrelli, Vice President, Airline Business

Adriana C. Carrelli, Vice President, Airline Business

Adriana C. Carrelli, Vice President, Airline Business, explained it with a touch of corporate understatement:

“We are proud to offer airlines of any size and business model tailor-made solutions for all their distribution needs. By forming an interline agreement with Hahnair, airlines can unlock secondary markets for indirect ticket sales. Airlines without GDS connections can outsource their entire indirect distribution and make their flights available under the codes H1 or X1 in all major GDSs. And finally, airlines that are looking for a truly global distribution strategy can combine the Hahnair solutions, thereby strategically closing distribution gaps with H1-Air and X1-Air, while building on the potential of primary and secondary markets with HR-169.”

Translated from corporate into plain English: even if your airline is so small it barely owns a coffee machine, Hahnair will get you into markets once reserved for the big end of town.

The Growing Family Album

From Air Rarotonga in the South Pacific, to Italy’s Neos Air, Oman’s SalamAir and Norway’s beloved Widerøe, the list of new partners reads like the guest list at an aviation wedding, something borrowed, something blue, and just about every flag under the sun.

Kimberley Long, Vice President, Agency Distribution, offered a tidy scorecard of the expansion:

“With eight new interline partners, nine new partners available in all GDSs under the X1 code, one new H1-Air partner, and three dual partners available under both their own code and our X1-Air product, we are proud to enrich our offer with even more ticketing options for our travel agency partners. This has been an extremely successful year for Hahnair so far, and we are confident that we will continue to grow our portfolio with an attractive line-up of partners throughout the rest of the year.”

One can almost hear travel agents clapping politely from behind their screens. More airlines, more codes, more options, this is the sort of news that makes consultants’ lives easier, if not exactly more glamorous.

The Handy “Quick Check”

Of course, it wouldn’t be 2025 without an app to make sense of it all. Hahnair’s Quick Check tool is the trusty shortcut for consultants to see which partner carriers are available in their market. There is no need to dig through endless fare sheets or test-book dummy itineraries; type, click, and confirm.

Who’s New on the Roster

Available in selected GDSs under their own IATA code:

  • Air Rarotonga (GZ), Cook Islands

  • EuroAtlantic Airways (YU), Portugal

  • Eurowings (EW), Germany (market restrictions apply)

  • FitsAir (8D), Sri Lanka

  • Madagascar Airlines (MD), Madagascar

  • My Freighter (C6), Uzbekistan

  • Neos Air (NO), Italy

  • SalamAir (OV), Oman

  • United Nigerian Airlines (UN), Nigeria

  • Widerøe (WF), Norway

Available in all major GDSs under the code X1:

  • Aero Dili (8G), Timor Leste

  • Air Mediterranean (MV), Greece

  • Air Sierra Leone (6L), Sierra Leone

  • FitsAir (8D), Sri Lanka

  • LIAT 20 (5L), Antigua & Barbuda

  • My Freighter (C6), Uzbekistan

  • Norse Atlantic Airways (N0), Norway

  • Propair (PP), Canada

  • SalamAir (OV), Oman

  • SkyUp Airlines (U5), Malta

  • Swiss Group International (1SW), Switzerland

  • TezJet (K9), Kyrgyzstan

Available in all major GDSs under the code H1:

  • BermudAir (2T), Bermuda

A Quiet Power Broker

Because of its modest branding, Hahnair has become a quiet power broker in global aviation. It doesn’t fly passengers, it doesn’t run lounges, and it certainly doesn’t serve inflight peanuts. What it does, however, is open doors, lots of them. In an industry where visibility is often the difference between profit and oblivion, that’s no small feat.

As one airline executive muttered privately, “If you’re not on Hahnair, you’re not really on the map.”

With 2025 still only halfway spent, one suspects the final tally of new partners could be considerably higher. And judging by Hahnair’s current pace, they’ll wear that achievement with the same matter-of-fact smile of a collector who’s added another rare piece to the shelf.

By Soo James

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