JAL expands Codeshare Agreement with China Eastern Airlines

From June 18, 2007, Japan Airlines (JAL) and China Eastern Airlines (MU) will expand their codeshare agreement to include flights the Chinese carrier operates 4 times a week between Nagoya (Centrair) and Beijing departing Japan, subject to government approval.

JAL is suspending the twice weekly flight it operates between Nagoya and Beijing from June 2, 2007. The new codeshare agreement will therefore enable JAL to continue providing passengers with a service between these two cities. The codeshare flights operated by China Eastern carrying JAL’s “JL" designator depart Japan on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and are routed via Qingdao.

JAL and China Eastern have been codeshare partners since September 2002. The two airlines codeshare on 12 routes linking China and Japan.

By July 1, JAL’s Japan-China network will have expanded to serve 12 cities in China on 29 routes with a total of 287 flights per week including codeshares.

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