Delta, Virgin Blue to expand codeshare flights
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Delta Air Lines has announced an expanded codesharing agreement with the Virgin Blue Airlines Group. The deal will add five new destinations in Australia and New Zealand to Delta’s network.
The new service, which will begin 21 May, will allow Delta customers to connect to Perth, Adelaide and Canberra in Australia, as well as Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand.
Delta customers currently can connect on Virgin Blue flights to Brisbane and Melbourne, under previously announced codesharing flights that began in January 2010. Delta operates nonstop service between Los Angeles and Sydney, where all codeshare flights connect.
“This expanded codesharing strengthens our alliance relationship with Virgin Blue, and broadens our network throughout Australia and New Zealand to provide a slate of new choices for our customers,” said Charlie Pappas, Delta’s Vice President of Alliances. “It underscores the benefits to our customers of sound alliance relationships with strong airlines like Virgin Blue.”
Virgin Blue customers flying the group’s long-haul airline – V Australia – now will be able to connect in Los Angeles to Delta flights to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Detroit, in addition to codeshare flights currently available to New York-JFK and Orlando.
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