Commercial Agreements News
23-Mar-2009
Oracle and SITA announced (19-Mar-09) details of a unique 15-year agreement to develop the most open and agile airline reservations system ever designed, using service oriented architecture (SOA) and advanced computing techniques.
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24-Dec-2008
South African Airways (SAA) and TAP Portugal, both members of the international airline network Star Alliance, have signed (22-Dec-08) a codeshare agreement which establishes broad commercial cooperation between the two airlines.
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13-Aug-2008
Russia and USA signed a revised bilateral air services agreement, which oermits third country codesharing for passenger and cargo services, effective immediately.
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12-Aug-2008
GERMANY :
Lufthansa is expanding the services it offers to customers flying to Brazil and launching code share flights in partnership with the Brazilian carrier TAM. From 18-Aug-08, Lufthansa and TAM passengers will be able to book flights operated jointly by either carrier between Frankfurt or Munich and São Paulo.
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11-Aug-2008
Singapore and Malta have inked an Open Skies Agreement (OSA) that allows for full flexibility on air services operated by carriers of both countries.
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30-Jul-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
British Airways and Iberia are holding talks with a view to an all-share merger between the two companies. The negotiations are supported unanimously by the boards of both companies.
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17-Jun-2008
BRAZIL :
TAM and Swiss International Air Lines, a member of the Star Alliance, signed a Memorandum of Understanding aiming to establish arrangements for cooperation to expand benefits offered to their passengers. The partnership involves the implementation of a codeshare agreement and the development of strategies for greater integration of TAM's Programa Fidelidade for frequent flyers with Miles & More.
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13-Jun-2008
Ethiopian Airlines has entered into a codeshare agreement with Brussels Airlines giving travellers better connectivity and a broad range of services between Europe and Africa. The new codeshare agreement, effective 17-Jun-08, will further strengthen Ethiopian’s flight network between Addis Ababa and Brussels. Ethiopian operates daily flights to Brussels with Boeing B767-300.
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10-Jun-2008
CHINA :
China Southern Airlines has signed a framework agreement with the Air France-KLM Group to set up a cargo joint venture operation.
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04-Jun-2008
CHINA :
HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - China Southern Airlines Co Ltd said it will take 75 pct of a cargo joint venture that it has agreed to set up on the mainland with with Air Bleu Ltd, a unit of the Air France-KLM Group.
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03-Jun-2008
CHINA :
(Thomson Financial) - Chinese airline China Southern and French peer Air France-KLM said they signed a frame agreement on 2 June to set up a joint venture in cargo.
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19-May-2008
Czech Airlines announced it will significantly expand its codesharing cooperation with American airline, Delta Air Lines. This will mean that the number of routes offered by Czech Airlines in the USA will eventually double. The newest routes to be offered by Czech Airlines, as part of its codesharing cooperation with Delta, will be to Hartford, Rochester, Buffalo, and Indianapolis, with transfers at airports in New York or Atlanta, beginning in June. In addition, Delta will also start offering under its own identifier, new flights through Czech Airlines in Europe, for example from Prague to Tbilisi, Thessaloniki, Cracow, and Larnaca. Czech Airlines clients can use the miles obtained through codeshare flights in their OK Plus frequent flyer programme.
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14-May-2008
KOREA REPUBLIC OF :
Korean Air Lines and Uzbekistan Airways signed an MoU for mutual cooperation in international air cargo operations (Asia Pulse, 13-May-08).
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21-Apr-2008
US Airways' customers travelling on the airline's non-stop flight from its international gateway hub at Philadelphia International Airport to Zurich will now be able to enjoy convenient connections to ten European destinations through a codeshare agreement with Swiss International Air Lines. Swiss customers will also benefit from the codeshare agreement with the LX code being added to US Airways' Philadelphia-Zurich route.
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16-Apr-2008
FRANCE :
Air France-KLM stated it is pleased to hear of the announced merger of Delta and Northwest Airlines, adding that the merger further strengthens the coherence of its partnerships on the transatlantic market. Thanks to the anti-trust immunity proposed last week by the US Department of Transportation (DOT), Air France-KLM is confident it can quickly build a global partnership between Delta, Northwest, KLM and Air France in the form of a joint venture offering a network with multiple hubs.
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09-Apr-2008
IRELAND :
Aer Lingus entered into a codeshare agreement with United Airlines on 08-Apr-08, enabling booking on each other's flights from 01-Nov-08. The codeshare agreement was signed by Aer Lingus CEO, Dermot Mannion, and United Airlines CEO, Glenn Tilton, in Chicago.
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09-Apr-2008
POLAND :
LOT signed a codeshare agreement with Luxair on the Luxembourg †Berlin †Warsaw route, facilitating transfer connections and enabling day trips between the cities, effective immediately.
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08-Apr-2008
INDIA :
Czech Airlines has signed an agreement with Air India to extend the lease of an Airbus A310 aircraft and crew for another year. Under the agreement, Czech Airlines will provide Air India with the A310 aircraft and a crew, comprising two pilots and a head cabin attendant, including insurance and technical maintenance.
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03-Apr-2008
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES :
Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, has signed an interline agreement and a codeshare arrangement with Cargoitalia, the Italian private freighter airline operating from Milan’s Malpensa airport.
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01-Apr-2008
FRANCE :
Delta Air Lines and Air France officially launched their JV agreement, leveraging the new EU-US Open Skies agreement, with three new trans-Atlantic routes connecting London-Heathrow to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
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31-Mar-2008
Czech Airlines launched another code-share cooperation with its new partner, China Airlines, offering connection between Czech Republic and Taiwan. Czech Airlines and China Airlines commenced code-shared cooperation on the Prague-Taipei route, with a transfer in Frankfurt on 30-Mar-08. The cooperation also allowed both carrier’s passengers’ miles credited in their frequent flyer programme account even for flights flown with the partner airline, and can use reward tickets on all of the scheduled flights of both carrier.
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