Bookings for the codeshare flights are opened through travel outlets.
New Delhi:
Air India on Monday said it has entered into a codeshare agreement with AIX Connect (formerly known as Air Asia India).
A codeshare agreement allows one airline to sell seats on a flight operated by another airline, with each airline using its own flight number.
Through this agreement, Air India will add its code to more than 100 flights per day operated by AIX Connect on 21 routes. More routes under the codeshare agreement will be added gradually.
Bookings for the codeshare flights will open through points of sale, for travel from this Wednesday.
“The scope of the agreement between the two airlines will allow guests to receive their boarding passes at the first point of departure for all travel sectors on one ticket and have their luggage checked in all the way to their final destination. However, guests connecting from international to domestic flights will be required to clear customs at the first point of entry into India in accordance with government regulations,” Air India said in a press release.
With the implementation of the codeshare agreement, Air India has expanded its domestic route network to 4 new destinations in India, namely Bagdogra, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi and Surat, in addition to the common destinations between the two airlines’ route networks.
AIX Connect is a 100 percent subsidiary of Air India, which is currently being integrated with Air India Express (another 100 percent subsidiary of Air India) to ultimately form a single low-cost carrier within the Tata group’s aviation business.
After 69 years as a government-owned company, Air India and Air India Express were welcomed back into the Tata group in January 2022.
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