South African Airways for code share and baggage transfer agreement with Indian carrier

New Delhi: South African Airways has decided to enter into a code share agreement with a domestic carrier in India. However, the name of the carrier was not revealed. Recently Government of India (GoI) approved South African Airways to sign a code share with an Indian domestic carrier. As per the signing approval given by GoI, the airline is in process of discussion with domestic carriers. This information was divulged by Tauseef Khan, Acting Head- South East Asia, South African Airways during the road show organised recently in New Delhi in partnership with South African Tourism (SAT). With this agreement, the airline will be able to connect its passengers to five Indian cities such as New Delhi, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai and Ahmedabad.
The airline also plans to have through baggage transfer partnership with the domestic airline with which it will forge a code share agreement. This will provide easy deliverance of baggage to passengers at the end destinations, irrespective of whether they fly by South African Airways or the other domestic airline. Besides, South African Airways is also planning to renew its existing special pro-rata or through fare partnership agreement with Indian carriers such as Indian, Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways for offering through fare.
10/02/09 Anish V Punnackattu/TravelBizMonitor

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