Air India and Singapore Airlines enter into codeshare partnership to improve connectivity in India and beyond – ThePrint – ANIFeed

New Delhi (India), October 23 (ANI): Air India and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have agreed to significantly expand their codeshare agreement by adding 11 Indian cities and 40 more international destinations to their network.

From October 27, Air India and SIA will codeshare each other’s flights between Singapore and the Indian cities of Bangalore and Chennai, increasing the total number of weekly scheduled codeshare flights between the countries from 14 to 56.

SIA will use codeshare on Air India domestic flights between Delhi and Amritsar, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Lucknow and Varanasi, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Goa, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow and Thiruvananthapuram, and between Kolkata and Guwahati.

Air India customers will be able to access 29 destinations on SIA’s network.

These include Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney (Australia), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (Cambodia), Denpasar, Jakarta, Medan and Surabaya (Indonesia), Fukuoka, Nagoya , Osaka, Tokyo-Haneda and Tokyo-Narita (Japan), Busan and Seoul (South Korea), Kuala Lumpur and Penang (Malaysia), Auckland (New Zealand), Cebu and Manila (Philippines), as well as Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). It also includes existing code-sharing agreements with Kuala Lumpur.

SIA customers will also be able to connect to Air India’s international flights from Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai to 12 destinations in Europe, West Asia and Africa.

These are Copenhagen (Denmark), Paris (France), Frankfurt (Germany), Milan (Italy), Nairobi (Kenya), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Jeddah and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), and Birmingham, London-Gatwick and London-Heathrow (UK).

Subject to regulatory approval, codeshare flights will gradually become available through the airlines’ respective booking channels.

Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Commercial Officer, Air India, said, “This is a continuation of our efforts to provide our guests with more choice and an expanded global network. Air India and Singapore Airlines have been long-standing partners and by expanding the scope of our codeshare agreement, we are pleased to offer our guests greater connectivity to destinations in Southeast Asia, the Far East and Australasia. We also look forward to welcoming Singapore Airlines customers on board our flights within India, as well as out west to various destinations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East through our hubs in India.”

Lee Lik Xin, chief commercial officer of Singapore Airlines, said: “This expansion of Singapore Airlines’ codeshare agreements with Air India reflects the strong spirit of cooperation between our two carriers. This demonstrates our commitment to meeting the strong demand for air travel between India and Singapore and beyond, and contributes to the growth of both aviation markets. The addition of Air India’s domestic network to our codeshare agreements will also provide our customers with enhanced connectivity and convenience in India, which is a key market for the SIA group.” (ANI)

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