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In this installment we will talk about what it means codeshare the shared code in aviation, a widely used terminology, but very little understood by passengers.
Surely more than once on the airport information screens or on your own flight you saw that not only the airline for which you bought the ticket is represented on them, but a second airline also.
This in aviation is known as english codeshare or code share.
What is the Codeshare or shared code?
The code sharing is a commercial contract Come in, usually 2 or more airlines so that together they operate on the same flight.
This means that there will be an airline that publishes, sells and flies its aircraft under its own identifier and flight number an established regular operation, while on the other side, there will be an airline that on that same flight will be able to sell a certain number of seats and publish them as theirs, being that it does not fly it with its planes.
In simpler terms, an airline A that flies and sells seats between the Airports X and Z with their planes, will allow an airline B also sell assigned seats between both airports.
The number of seats that the airline B will be able to sell on airplanes A determined in the agreement and contract, where all codeshare parameters are defined, as destinations, number of flights, aircraft to be operated, distribution of sales profits, seating, etc.
For two or more airlines to operate on one or more routes under a codeshare agreement, these will have to have a certain similarity in the quality and type of service offered, this in order not to generate a bad image for any of the participating companies.
Too, They must have reservation systems or GDS interconnected or that allow the operation of this type of agreement.
The main characteristic of these agreements is to see the flight to a destination with a number of flights of 2 airlines, A-1234/B-4567, which does not necessarily imply that these airlines are partners or belong to the same global group.
The first agreement was reached between Qantas and American Airlines in the year 1990, implementing the flight numbers of both airlines in various destinations in Australia and the United States.
Benefits of codeshare
Airlines
- Allows airlines to enter a market indirectly, where starting an operation would not be profitable.
- Increase or initiate presence in a new market.
- Allows airlines to increase their income without having to invest in their own operation.
- Help airlines fill slots that might otherwise be unused, making the operation profitable.
passengers
- Allows passengers to have better connections from one point 1 to the point 3.
- A greater range of destinations and frequencies.
- Offers more flight options between the airlines participating in the agreement.
- The passenger can send his luggage with the airline A and connect with B no need to check luggage again.
Types of shared codes
In theory there are 2 types of codeshare agreements:
- Defined spaces: the agreement defines an exact number and value of seats that the airline that does not operate the flight will be able to sell.
- free spaces: the reservation systems of both airlines are connected and communicate in real time, allowing any of the airlines in the agreement to sell any number of seats without restriction.
Some experts on the subject believe that these agreements do not bring a real benefit to the user and that even, there could be a decrease in supply, since a virtual presence is offered, more not real in the markets.
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