Singapore Airlines codeshares its flights with 33 other airlines.
A Singapore Airlines plane on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore on May 13, 2022. SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines and Air India expanded their codesharing partnership on Sunday by adding more destinations between Singapore and India as well as other destinations around the globe.
For example, a passenger booking an SIA flight might find that the flight is actually operated by German carrier Lufthansa, or local budget airline Scoot, which is wholly owned by SIA. According to the SIA website, it codeshares its flights with 33 other airlines from different continents, including Air India, Air France, Ethiopian Airways, Croatia Airlines and United Airlines.Airlines codeshare their flights for four main reasons, said Mr Wong.“An airline can offer passengers more destinations without actually having to operate their own aircraft or create a new route,” he said.
For instance, SIA is part of Star Alliance, and it codeshares flights with most of the 25 member airlines. Air India is part of Star Alliance. “A passenger can book the whole itinerary on one ticket, which saves them the trouble of having to collect and re-check in their bags,” said Mr Wong. “From an airline's point of view, I would prefer to partner with someone who has routes that complement mine, without direct competition,” said Mr Wong.
A boy looks at planes parked at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Feb 1, 2024. Airlines would also try to work with partners with similar service levels, but this “really varies”, said Mr Chua. Agreeing with Mr Chua, Mr Wong said that no two airlines can offer exactly the same standard of service.
Typically, there will be a line on the booking page stating that the flight is operated by another airline.The first flight from Singapore to Haneda Airport in the capital Tokyo is operated by SIA, but the connecting flight from Tokyo to Sapporo is a codeshare flight. Other than the indication of a different flight operator, Mr Wong said codeshare SIA flights also have a different flight number template.
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