Delta Air Lines in codeshare pact with India’s Jet Airways
Tuesday, 15 Dec, 2015
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Delta Air Lines will launch a codeshare agreement with India’s Jet Airways via Amsterdam alongside existing partner KLM.
The pact will offer more connectivity for Jet Airways’ customers from Europe and North America beginning March 27, 2016 following the start of Jet’s new daily flights to the Dutch capital from New Delhi and Mumbai.
Jet Airways will place its code on flights from Amsterdam and 11 North American destinations operated by Delta and KLM including New York-JFK, Newark, Chicago, Washington D.C., Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Edmonton.
The three-way partnership also covers KLM-operated flights to 30 European destinations and to South Asia via Jet Airways’ network.
This includes through ticketing check in of bags to their final destinations and the accrual of frequent flyer miles for Delta SkyMiles and KLM Flying Blue members on codeshare flights operated by Jet.
"Delta is committed to offering customers greater choice and a high standard of service. By partnering with Jet Airways, India’s preferred premier full service, international network airline, we will be able to meet demand for flights to India and beyond," said Nat Pieper, Delta’s senior vice president – Europe, Middle East and Africa.
"We have a track record of building successful partnerships with international carriers that broaden our global network and we are delighted to be opening up the Indian subcontinent to the many thousands of Delta customers wanting to fly to this region."
"Jet Airways’ new services to Amsterdam and partnership with KLM and Delta demonstrates our continuous endeavour to provide greater choice and connectivity to our guests. With Amsterdam Airport Schiphol as our new European gateway, we will be able to provide our guests with one stop access to a wider array of destinations across Europe and North America," added Cramer Ball, chief executive officer of Jet Airways.
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