All good things come to those who wait, and in this case, it didn’t take long after the competition authorities gave their approval for Air France-KLM to take a stake in Virgin Atlantic for the codeshare to be announced.
The Codeshare between Air France, Delta and KLM is nothing new, the interest of the announcement is that the customers of these airlines will be able to fly on Virgin Atlantic under the flight number of their “parent” airline and thus accumulate miles on their own loyalty program. And vice versa for the customers of the British airline.
As we announced here, this is the first step before the arrival of Virgin Atlantic in the joint venture that brings together the other three airlines and Alitalia, which is not part of the deal. Perhaps while waiting to know its future?
The last step could logically be the entry of Virgin Atlantic in Skyteam.
1. Airports concerned in the United Kingdom
: Aberdeen, Belfast, Belfast City, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Durham, Edimbourg, Glasgow, Humberside, Inverness, Leeds-Bradford, London-City, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Newcastle and Norwich.
2. Virgin Atlantic code-share on flights operated by Air France :
| United Kingdom | Via | North America |
| ABZ Aberdeen
BHX Birmingham EDI Edimbourg LHR London Heathrow MAN Manchester NCL Newcastle | Paris – Charles de Gaulle, France | ATL Atlanta
CUN1 Cancun BOS Boston MEX Mexico City DFW Dallas YUL Montréal DTW Detroit YVR Vancouver IAD Washington YYZ Toronto IAH Houston JFK New York LAX Los Angeles MIA Miami MSP Minneapolis ORD Chicago SEA Seattle SFO San Francisco |
3. Virgin Atlantic code-share on KLM-operated flights:
| United Kingdom | Via | North America |
| ABZ Aberdeen
BHD Belfast BHX Birmingham BRS Bristol CWL Cardiff EDI Edimbourg HUY Humberside GLA Glasgow INV Inverness LBA Leeds LCY London City LHR London Heathrow MAN Manchester MME Durham NCL Newcastle NWI Norwich
| Amsterdam Schiphol, Netherlands | ATL Atlanta
BOS2 Boston IAD Washington IAH Houston JFK New York LAS Las Vegas LAX Los Angeles MIA Miami MSP Minneapolis ORD Chicago SFO San Francisco SLC Salt Lake City MEX1 Mexico City YEG Edmonton YUL Montréal YVR Vancouver YYC Calgary YYZ Toronto |
4. Virgin Atlantic code-share on Delta-operated flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam:
| Europe | North America |
| AMS Amsterdam
Schiphol, Pays Bas | ATL Atlanta
BOS Boston DTW Detroit JFK New York LAX Los Angeles MCO Orlando MSP Minneapolis PDX Portland SEA Seattle SLC Salt Lake City TPA Tampa |
| CDG Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France | ATL Atlanta
BOS Boston CVG Cincinnati DTW Detroit IND Indianapolis JFK New York LAX Los Angeles MSP Minneapolis RDU Raleigh-Durham SEA Seattle SLC Salt Lake City |
5. Partage de codes d’Air France et KLM sur des vols opérés par Virgin :
| United Kingdom | North America |
| BFS Belfast
GLA5 Glasgow LGW5 London Gatwick LHR London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow LHR [6] London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow MAN Manchester MAN Manchester MAN Manchester MAN Manchester MAN Manchester MAN Manchester | MCO Orlando
MCO Orlando MCO Orlando ATL Atlanta BOS Boston EWR Newark IAD Washington JFK New York LAS Las Vegas LAX Los Angeles MIA Miami SEA Seattle SFO San Francisco ATL Atlanta BOS Boston JFK New York LAS Las Vegas LAX Los Angeles MCO Orlando, FL |
6.extended code-sharing by Air France and KLM on flights operated by Delta from the UK
| United Kingdom | North America |
| EDI5 Edimbourg
EDI5 Edimbourg GLA5 Glasgow LHR London Heathrow LHR London Heathrow | JFK New York
BOS Boston, JFK New York PDX Portland SLC Salt Lake City |
Photo : B747 Virgin Atlantic by Chris Parypa Photography via Shutterstock.
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