Silhouette of passenger in front of the JetBlue Airbus A321neo aircraft spotted on the apron tarmac docked on the passenger jet bridge from the terminal of Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport AMS EHAM within the Netherlands.
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JetBlue Airways said Wednesday that it’s searching for U.S. Department of Transportation approval to pair up with British Airways so the airlines could each expand their networks.
The code-sharing agreement includes 75 destinations in the USA — 39 from Latest York and 36 from Boston — and 17 cities in Europe.
Airlines incessantly turn to code-sharing agreements, which permit carries to sell seats on airline partner’s flights, to grow in regions outside their network.
American Airlines also has a greater than decade-old three way partnership with British Airways across the Atlantic that’s more involved than a code-sharing agreement.
JetBlue has been growing its service to Europe lately, adding flights to Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin and Edinburgh, though it’s dwarfed by larger trans-Atlantic alliances, including those of American, United and Delta Air Lines.
“We’re at all times searching for recent ways to supply our customers more alternative when traveling,” JetBlue said in a press release in regards to the agreement, which was reported earlier by Paxex Aero, an industry news site.
If the agreement were to realize DOT approval, customers would find a way to seamlessly book a single ticket for travel on each airlines, providing an expanded network of destinations across Europe and the U.S.
American and British Airways didn’t immediately comment.
JetBlue’s request for an agreement with British Airways comes a yr after a federal judge struck down JetBlue’s partnership with American in the united statesNortheast, which sought to permit the carriers to coordinate schedules and routes.
