STARTING today, Japan Airlines (JAL) and British Airways (BA) will embark on a joint business agreement that sees the two airlines sharing revenue on Europe-Japan services, as well as expanding flight options to customers on both sides.
Having begun codesharing on flights between Tokyo (Haneda and Narita) and London (Heathrow) in September, the airlines have opted to cooperate further on all non-stop flights between Japan and Europe. This includes the 19 weekly services between the UK and Japan, as well as JAL’s Paris and Frankfurt services.
Meanwhile, the codeshare arrangement has been expanded beyond respective hub cities. JAL customers are now able to book tickets to Belfast, Helsinki, Frankfurt and Gothenburg, while BA passengers can fly JAL to Kansai, Okayama, Hiroshima, Izumo, Nagasaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa.
The websites of both airlines will allow passengers to check in, book online and access flight information, regardless of which airline they are flying with.
Top-tier loyalty programme members from both sides can accumulate bonus points with either airline, while JAL Mileage Bank members travelling on BA will see their accumulation rate for miles jump from 25 per cent to 70 per cent.
