THAI to Launch More Code Share Flights with Star Alliance Partners

Code share flights help generate substantial revenue on THAI and allow Thai passengers access to key European and US destinations.

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited announced plans to team up with more Star Alliance partners to expand THAI’s network to more cities in Australia, New Zealand and North America. Negotiations have recently been concluded between THAI and Ansett to arrange code share flights to cover more Australian and New Zealand destinations and Air Canada to connect THAI European gateways with major North American cities.

Code share flights help generate substantial revenue on THAI and allow Thai passengers access to key European and US destinations.

Currently, THAI operates numerous code share flights with Star Alliance partners on both domestic and international routes as follows:

THAI and Lufthansa

The code share operations between Bangkok, Frankfurt and Munich commenced in 1995. THAI also has a number of code share flights on Lufthansa beyond these points to domestic cities in Germany and key European and US destinations. Lufthansa also has code share on THAI flights beyond Bangkok to key domestic cities as well as major THAI Asian and Australian destinations. By October 2001, THAI and Lufthansa plan to further strengthen this cooperation to be on a joint venture basis, with both airlines sharing cost as well as revenue on flights between Bangkok and Frankfurt and Bangkok and Munich.

THAI and Scandinavian Airlines

THAI and SAS launched their extensive code share flights in 1996, from gateway to gateway between Bangkok, Copenhagen and Stockholm and beyond to northern European destinations.

THAI and United Airlines

Currently, THAI operates daily flights between Bangkok and Los Angeles. United Airlines is able to feed passengers from many key United Airlines hub to connect this daily flight, in addition to the code share flights between Bangkok, Taipei and San Francisco.

THAI and All Nippon Airways

In December 2000, THAI implemented 18 weekly code share flights with ANA between Bangkok and Tokyo.

THAI and Lauda Air

Code share flights between THAI and Lauda Air commenced on 1st May 2001 between Bangkok and Vienna, using Lauda aircraft.

Currently, there are 15 carriers in Star Alliance, namely Air Canada, Thai Airways International, United Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Lauda Air, Austrian Airlines, Tyrolean Airways, British Midland, All Nippon Airways, Lufthansa, VARIG, Ansett Australia, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines and Mexicana Airlines.