Japan Airlines and American extend codeshare deal

Oneworld carriers Japan Airlines and American Airlines will extend their codeshare agreement next month. JAL will add its flight code to 14 domestic American routes out of Dallas/Fort Worth from November 30. On the same date, it will launch a four-times weekly B787-8 service between Tokyo Narita and Dallas/Fort Worth (see news, September 1). The Japanese airline is "considering" a daily service next spring. From November 30, JAL's JL flight code will be on the following American routes from Dallas/Fort Worth: Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Cincinatti, Columbus, Denver, Fort Myers, Miami, Nashville, Orlando, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Tampa, Tuscon, Washington Reagan and Wichita, reports airlineroute.net. jal.com Graham Smith