Korean Air bolsters codesharing with Chinese airlines

Korean Air has announced that it will expand codesharing arrangements with China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines to include all routes connecting South Korea and mainland China from October 28.

Since 2004, Korean Air and China Southern have been codesharing on one route, between Incheon and Shenyang. From October, this will be expanded to all flights on the following routes: Incheon-Shenyang, Incheon-Beijing, Incheon-Shanghai, Incheon-Guangzhou, Incheon-Dalian, Incheon-Changsha, Incheon-Yanji and Incheon-Zhengzhou.

Codesharing between Korean Air and China Eastern began in 1996 on two regional routes, Busan-Shanghai and Cheongju-Shanghai. This too will be expanded to cover a total of 14 routes: From Incheon to Beijing, Shanghai, Qingtao, Weihei, Yantai, Sanya, Changsha, Kunming, Wuhan and Tunxi as well as from Busan-Shanghai, Cheongju-Shanghai Kwangju-Shanghai, and Jeju-Beijing.

On the Incheon-Shanghai route, Korean Air's three-daily operations will be supplemented with seven more flights each day, comprising five operated by China Eastern and two by China Southern to make 10 flights per day for Korean Air customers.

Similarly on the Incheon-Beijing route, seven China Eastern flights and 14 China Southern flights will be added to Korean Air's existing 18 flights per week, making a total of 39 different schedules available for customers headed to or from China's capital.