British Airways and Aer Lingus codeshares extend to US routes

IAG group airlines British Airways and Aer Lingus are extending their codeshare agreement on routes to the US. The expansion comes into effect on December 10 and includes all flights to/from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Dublin and Shannon, reports airlineroute.net. Aer Lingus will add its flight code to BA services from LGW to New York JFK, Las Vegas, Orlando and Tampa; and from LHR to Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, New York Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose CA, Seattle and Washington Dulles. BA will add its flight code to Aer Lingus services from Dublin to Boston, Hartford, New York JFK, New York Newark, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco and Washington Dulles; and from Shannon to Boston and New York JFK. Last week, BA announced "standardised" check-in and bag drop closure times at airports (see news, December 4). ba.com, aerlingus.com Graham Smith