Cathay Pacific Airways has announced an expansion of its codeshare agreement with American Airlines, which will add 11 new destinations to the carrier’s North American network from AA’s two hubs: O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and Los Angles. The carrier will also expand its codeshare agreement with Alaska Airlines, adding two destinations in Mexico to its network.
The new arrangement will complement the daily service between Hong Kong and Chicago by Cathay Pacific, to be launched in September this year (see story here). The flight will depart Hong Kong at 1145 and arrive at O’Hare Airport at 1345. The return leg will depart at 1525, arriving back in Hong Kong at 2000 the following day.
When this new route goes into operation, CX’s code will appear on AA’s flights from Chicago to Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Kansas City, Minneapolis-St Paul, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as well as flights to Phoenix and Salt Lake City from Los Angeles.
Meanwhile from June 15 onwards, the carriers code will also appear on Alaska Airlines' flights from Los Angeles to Mexico City and Guadalajara. Cathay's codesharing partnership with Alaska began in September last year (see story here).
Tickets for the new codeshare flights with American Airlines and Alaska Airlines are now on sale for travel from September 1 and June 15 onwards respectively.
For more information, visit www.cathaypacific.com
Alisha Haridasani
