SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is spreading its wings farther by adding its code to flights operated by Aegean Airlines to two cities in Greece and widening its agreement with Virgin Australia to cover more destinations in Australia.
The airline has inked a new pact to codeshare on its Star Alliance partner’s flights serving Athens from Frankfurt, London, Milan and Munich, and Thessaloniki from Frankfurt and Munich.
In return, Aegean will add its code to Singapore-bound flights out of Frankfurt, Milan and Munich, as well as beyond Singapore to Melbourne and Sydney. This will commence once the agreement receives regulatory approval.
SIA and Virgin have also expanded their codeshare agreement, which they entered into in 2011, with immediate effect.
SIA will place its code on all of Virgin’s domestic flights, covering 32 Australian cities, with plans to include flights between Australia and the New Zealand cities of Dunedin, Queenstown and Wellington in the future.
On its part, Virgin will codeshare with SIA on connections from Australia’s east coast to Europe and cities in Asia via the carrier’s Singapore hub, beginning 1Q2013. Virgin currently codeshares on SIA flights to Europe from Adelaide, Perth and Darwin.
Virgin’s customers will now have access to 64 destinations in Asia and 12 destinations in Europe on the SIA and SilkAir networks from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin.
