Fellow Star Alliance members United Airlines and Air China have expanded their codesharing partnership to cover an additional 22 routes in China and the US.
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Effective immediately, United will place its UA marketing code on Air China-operated flights to ten domestic routes in China: from Beijing to Mianyang, Taiyuan, Sanya, Shanghai Hongqiao, Yinchuan, Xining, Liuzhou, Haikou and Lanzhou; and from Shanghai Pudong to Yinchuan.
Reciprocally, Air China will see its CA code placed on United-operated flights to 12 domestic routes within the US: from Los Angeles to Dallas/DFW, Cleveland, Tucson, San Antonio, New York/Newark and Seattle; from San Francisco to Salt Lake City and Austin; from Washington, D.C./Dulles to Columbus and Tampa; and from Houston/Bush Intercontinental to Tampa and Nashville.
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With the expansion of the codeshare partnership, United and Air China now codeshare on more than 110 routes. The two carriers have enjoyed a close partnership since 2003, even before Air China joined Star Alliance.
For more information, visit united.com and airchina.com
Clement Huang