Meridiana (Olbia) and Eurofly will merge by the end of January and operate as a single carrier under the Meridiana Fly brand with a long-haul and short haul division going forward. Meridiana currently already owns 60.7% of Eurofly and will use the Eurofly air operator certificate for the merged entity. Its short haul services will be offered under the Meridiana Express brand. It has introduced new services to its combined network: Bologna Marconi-Marsa Alam: weekly seasonal A320-200 service between January 17 and April 25 Milan Linate-Bari: daily MD-82 service (already launched in December) Venice Marco Polo-Bucharest Otopeni: 3x weekly A319-100 service starting on March 30 Verona-Casablanca: 2x weekly A320-200 service starting on April 1 Verona-Skopje: weekly MD-82 service has started on December 19 Meridiana has started codesharing on Air Malta (KM/Malta) services from Catania and Rome Fiumicino to Malta with Air Malta offering connections to Italian destinations via the two Italian gateways. Its seasonal long-haul services to New York JFK will only operate from Naples and Palermo this summer season, flights from Rome Fiumicino will no longer be offered. In other news, Meridiana has sold its 18% stake in Florence Airport.