Sunday, January 23, 2011

Taiwan's China Airlines, China Eastern ink codeshare agreement

Taiwan's leading carrier CHINA AIRLINES (CAL, TAIEX:2610) announced Monday that it has entered into a codeshare partnership with CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES (SSE:600115, SEHK:0610) and its subsidiary SHANGHAI AIRLINES, which will add 36 round-trip flights per week to CAL's cross-Taiwan Strait services. The additional flights will be between Taoyuan and Shanghai, Xian, Qingdao, Nanjing and Ningbo and between Taipei and Shanghai, CAL said.

* China Eastern Airlines is the third Chinese carrier with which CAL has sealed a codeshare agreement after CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES (SSE:600029, SEHK:1055) and XIAMEN AIRLINES.

* Outside China, CAL maintains codeshare partnership with eight other carriers -- DELTA AIR LINES, ALITALIA, GARUDA INDONESIA, THAI AIRWAYS, VIETNAM AIRLINES, KOREAN AIR (KSE:003495), CZECH AIRLINES, and JAPAN AIRLINES.

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