Gulf Air (GF) has expanded its existing codeshare agreement with American Airlines (AA), whereby AA will codeshare on two more…
Gulf Air (GF) has expanded its existing codeshare agreement with American Airlines (AA), whereby AA will codeshare on two more GF destinations, i.e., Kuwait and Doha via Bahrain.
The sale of tickets on this codeshared sectors began from 30 January for travel from 8 February onwards.
This agreement is significant for both the airlines as we were able to build on the successful re-implementation of the AA codeshare agreement at the end of 2004, says Gulf Air Vice President Network Fareed Al Alawi. We have seen commendable rise in our revenue from AA after the alliance.
We see this as important development with regard to passenger traffic to and from these destinations. AA will now be able to leverage its selling ability for US military traffic to the Middle East by utilising GF services as its codeshared partner, adds Fareed Al Alawi.
Gulf Air and American Airlines signed the codeshare agreement in 1994, which was expanded in 1998 and now covers flights from Bahrain/Muscat/Abu Dhabi to London–Boston/Miami/Los Angeles/New York/Chicago, Paris–Dallas/Miami/Chicago/New York and, Frankfurt -Dallas/Chicago.
Gulf Air already has codeshare agreements with Thai Airways, BMI, Cyprus Airways, Egyptair, Garuda Indonesia, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, KLM, Olympic Airlines, Oman Air, Qantas Airways, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Middle East Airlines.
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