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someone please explain how codeshare works. does delta sell seats for codeshare partners on delta connection carriers such as skywest? or is it only the mainline delta jets, or both?
codeshare question
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jimntx
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Depends upon each specific codeshare agreement between two specific airlines. It's whatever flights the two airlines agree to share revenue on. If KLM codeshares with DL on ATL-BHM, then when KLM issues a ticket to a passenger in AMS for an AMS-ATL-BHM itinerary, the ticket will show KLM flight numbers all the way to BHM. If KLM does not codeshare with DL on that route, then the ticket issues in AMS will show a KLM flight number for AMS-ATL, but a DL flight number for ATL-BHM.
To confuse the issue, on a codeshare to BHM, the ticket/boarding pass will show a KLM flight number, but somewhere (probably on the itinerary) it will show KLM 882 (operated by DL).
To confuse the issue, on a codeshare to BHM, the ticket/boarding pass will show a KLM flight number, but somewhere (probably on the itinerary) it will show KLM 882 (operated by DL).
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regarding domestic flights, each of the major network/legacy carriers have codeshare relationships with regional carriers in which they buy all of the capacity on a specific route, are responsible for selling it, and gain whatever profits are generated. In essence, the major carrier is simply putting its code on a smaller aircraft.
Foreign carriers such as DL's Skyteam joint venture partner KLM can codeshare and share revenue on either Delta mainline or Delta Connection flights.
Because Delta Connection carriers are legally separate, as are most regional carriers operating on behalf of their major airline partners, government processes have to be followed for each operating carrier. In Jim's example above, if DL operates one ATL-BHM flight and ExpressJet operates another and KLM wants its code on both flights, there are separate - but generally identical processes - that must be followed to obtain government approval.
Foreign carriers such as DL's Skyteam joint venture partner KLM can codeshare and share revenue on either Delta mainline or Delta Connection flights.
Because Delta Connection carriers are legally separate, as are most regional carriers operating on behalf of their major airline partners, government processes have to be followed for each operating carrier. In Jim's example above, if DL operates one ATL-BHM flight and ExpressJet operates another and KLM wants its code on both flights, there are separate - but generally identical processes - that must be followed to obtain government approval.
jimntx
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WT, remember I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who works for an airline where most of the regional flying is still done by an in-house subsidiary. I think it just muddies the water when you say that major carriers have codeshare agreements with regionals where they buy all the capacity. Though technically those are codeshare agreements, I don't think that is the question that the OP was asking. When most people think codeshare they mean between major independent airlines with regional flying thrown in as an afterthought.
