Personal service Air India on Thursday introduced the enlargement of its codeshare partnership with Lufthansa Group to supply 60 extra routes throughout 12 cities in India and 26 in Europe.
An Airbus A320-214 passenger plane of Lufthansa airline, takes off from Malaga-Costa del Sol airport, in Malaga, Spain, Might 3, 2024.(Jon Nazca/Reuters)
Air India, in an announcement, mentioned that as a part of this enlargement, it has entered into a brand new codeshare settlement with Austrian Airways and expanded its current codeshare agreements with Lufthansa, and Swiss Worldwide Air Traces (SWISS).
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The Tata Group-owned Air India mentioned it’ll now provide its clients a complete of 26 locations throughout Europe and three locations within the Americas past its gateways in Europe (Frankfurt, Vienna, and Zurich), with the ‘AI’ designator code positioned on sure companies operated by airways within the Lufthansa Group, together with Austrian Airways for the primary time.
Air India and the three Lufthansa Group carriers are members of Star Alliance.
The expanded agreements improve the entire variety of codeshare routes between Air India, Lufthansa, and SWISS from 55 to almost 100, the assertion mentioned.
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Moreover, a brand new settlement between Air India and Austrian Airways provides 26 extra codeshare routes.
“We are taking this long-standing relationship to the next level. With this renewed partnership, our customers will have access to more destinations and greater flexibility to travel across Europe on Lufthansa Group carriers,” mentioned Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Industrial Officer, Air India.
Moreover, flights at present operated by Air India and Lufthansa Group carriers between India and Germany or Switzerland shall be lined underneath the expanded codeshare partnership, the airline mentioned.
“By further enhancing our cooperation, we will increase the travel options between Europe and India and offer our passengers improved access to additional destinations. Lufthansa Group remains committed to India, and we are excited about the possibilities and potential the country and Air India as a partner have to offer”, mentioned Dieter Vranckx, Chief Industrial Officer, Lufthansa Group.
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Air India additionally mentioned that each airways plan to progressively embody different locations of their community to the codeshare preparations.
Topic to regulatory approvals, the codeshare flights shall be progressively made out there on the market by means of the airways’ respective reserving channels, it mentioned.