Aer Lingus enters codeshare agreement with United Airlines

The codeshare agreement will cover all seven of Aer Lingus' US gateways resulting in significant benefits for Aer Lingus customers, by providing access to over 200 additional destinations in the US market on the United Airlines network. US customers will also benefit from greater access to destinations in Ireland and, through Aer Lingus' short-haul network, to destinations in the UK and Continental Europe. The United Airlines flight code will be placed on all Aer Lingus Transatlantic flights to and from Shannon and Dublin.

The codeshare will also result in simplified reservations, ticketing, through check-in and coordinated baggage handling for passengers. Members of the Aer Lingus Gold Circle Club, and United Airline's Mileage Plus programme will also be able to redeem frequent flyer points across the airlines' networks.

Passengers will be able to book connecting flights to United Airlines destinations from Sep-08 for travel from Nov-08. The agreement between the two carriers is pending US government approval.

© Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 09-Apr-08
 

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