JetBlue and British Airways’ Codeshare Partnership Has Been Permitted

JetBlue and British Airways have been permitted to accomplice up on codeshare flights, making it simpler for vacationers to fly to dozens of locations between the U.S. and Europe. 

“We’re happy with the U.S. Division of Transportation’s (DOT) approval for a bilateral codeshare settlement between JetBlue and British Airways,” an airline spokesperson for JetBlue shared with T+L on Tuesday. “We’re all the time searching for new methods to supply our clients extra alternative when touring. With the brand new codeshare, clients will be capable to seamlessly guide a single ticket for journey on each airways, offering an expanded community of locations throughout Europe and the U.S.”

The codeshare settlement, filed on the finish of Might, was permitted by the U.S. Division of Transportation (DOT) on Friday. This new partnership will permit these airways to position their designator code on codeshared providers operated by the reciprocal service and promote tickets for these flights on their respective web sites indefinitely. As an illustration, vacationers who’re reserving a JetBlue flight inside the U.S. might even see a British Airways code connected to their ticket, and vice versa for European flights. 

Nonetheless, this partnership will solely cowl a subset of routes from each airways, as initially outlined by the codeshare settlement. These embrace 75 home flights from New York and Boston operated by JetBlue and 17 intra-European flights from London operated by British Airways.

The transfer is strategic for JetBlue because the service works to develop its European community. In 2021, the airline launched its inaugural transatlantic flights from Boston and New York to London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Whereas JetBlue has since added providers to Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, and Edinburgh to its route map, the addition of a codeshare partnership will present elevated connectivity for fliers throughout the Atlantic. 

Whereas the settlement has been formally permitted, it’s unclear whether or not JetBlue TrueBlue and British Airways Avios members will get pleasure from mileage earnings and frequent flier advantages. That stated, British Airways is a founding member of the Oneworld alliance, permitting its Avios members to earn and redeem rewards for flights on companions American Airways and Alaska Airways.