United Airlines and Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras have announced a new strategic partnership in which United will acquire a stake of approximately 5 per cent in Azul, Brazil’s third-largest airline. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, United will invest $100 million for its economic stake in Azul.
Read moreJapanese carrier All Nippon Airways and Ethiopian Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement covering flights from Addis Ababa to Europe, Kenya and two major Asian cities, and from Tokyo to the same two Asian cities.
Read moreThe codeshare will initially cover nearly all of the two carriers’ transatlantic flights. Customers now have access to British Airways flights to London from 21 U.S. destinations, and British Airways is codesharing on US Airways’ flights to Charlotte and Philadelphia from 17 European destinations.
Read moreJapan’s All Nippon Airways and Garuda Indonesia have agreed a partnership under which the two airlines will launch and codeshare on flights between the two countries and will allow the two carriers’ passengers to collect and redeem miles on the frequent flyer programs of either airline.
Read moreQatar Airways’ first Airbus A380 has flown from Airbus’ widebody final assembly facility at Toulouse to Airbus’ facilities at Finkenwerder airfield in Hamburg, where the aircraft will be fitted with its cabin before being painted. Meanwhile, oneworld has announced that Qatar Airways will be inducted into the alliance on October 30.
Read moreEtihad to Spend $599 Million on Buying into and Partnering with India’s Jet Airways
Airlines April 24, 2013
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has agreed to pay $379 million to acquire a 24 per cent shareholding in the Indian carrier Jet Airways. Additionally, a wider overall commitment to Jet Airways by Etihad Airways includes the UAE-based airline injecting $220 million to create and strengthen a wide-ranging partnership between the two carriers.
Read moreLATAM Airlines Group has confirmed that oneworld is to be the global alliance for all its passenger airlines. The decision means that Brazil’s TAM Airlines will leave the Star Alliance to join oneworld, along with its Paraguay subsidiary.
Read moreFrom July 1, members of JetBlue Airways’ customer loyalty program TrueBlue will be able to earn TrueBlue points across Emirates’ network of more than 120 destinations worldwide. Emirates’ Skywards members will be able to earn Skywards Miles throughout JetBlue’s network.
Read moreHawaiian Airlines and JetBlue Sign Codeshare and Frequent-Flyer Agreements
AirlinesTravel Tips May 30, 2012
Members of both carriers’ frequent flyer programs will be able to earn and redeem loyalty points or miles for travel on either airline. Travelers will also be able to connect between the two carriers to points throughout the East Coast and Hawaii, with the signing of a new codeshare agreement.
Read moreSouthwest and AirTran Enable Reward Transfers Across Their Loyalty Programs
AirlinesTravel Tips April 23, 2012
Members of Southwest Airlines’ Rapid Rewards and AirTran Airways’ A+ Rewards frequent-flyer programs are now able to transfer their loyalty rewards between the two programs. This will allow members to combine rewards from the two airlines’ frequent-flyer programs.
Read moreAir Berlin to Be Inducted into Oneworld Alliance in March
Airlines February 2, 2012
Air Berlin will officially become a full member of the oneworld alliance on Tuesday, March 20, adding Europe’s sixth-largest carrier to the alliance. Austrian airline Niki, also a member of the Air Berlin group, will join oneworld at the same time as an affiliate member.
Read moreAs part of a joint plan to increase services to northern Australia, Singapore Airlines’ regional full-service airline SilkAir will begin four-times-weekly service between Singapore and Darwin on March 26. Virgin Australia will complement these flights with daily service between Sydney and Darwin from April 2.
Read moreAmerican Airlines and China’s Hainan Airlines have agreed to codeshare on each other’s flights and to offer members of their frequent-flyer programs new opportunities to earn and redeem mileage points.
Read moreNew Agreement Allows V Australia to Codeshare on Hawaiian Airlines Flights
Airlines November 3, 2011
Hawaiian Airlines and the Virgin Australia group of airlines have launched a new agreement that allows V Australia to codeshare on Hawaiian Airlines’ flights between Sydney and Honolulu, and on Hawaiian’s connecting inter-island flights to Kahului, Lihue, Hilo and Kona.
Read moreAmerican and Kingfisher Airlines Begin Reciprocal Frequent-Flyer Agreement
Airlines November 2, 2011
American Airlines has launched a frequent-flyer agreement with oneworld member-elect Kingfisher Airlines, allowing members of each airline’s loyalty program to earn and redeem miles on each other’s network.
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