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Air India, India’s leading airline, announced its expansion of codeshare partnerships with Lufthansa Group and Virgin Australia to boost global connectivity. The partnerships will now offer more than 100 routes combined across the Indian subcontinent, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas to provide greater choice, convenience, and seamless experience to travelers from all over the world.
The codeshare partnership will enable Air India to offer a total of 26 destinations across Europe and 3 destinations in the Americas beyond its gateways in Europe (Frankfurt, Vienna, and Zurich).
Air India and Lufthansa Group are building upon their longstanding codeshare partnership with a new agreement with Austrian Airlines and expanding existing agreements with Lufthansa and Swiss International Airlines (SWISS). The expanded agreements increase flight options for travelers across 12 Indian, 26 European cities, and 3 American cities.
The expanded agreements increase the total number of codeshare routes between Air India, Lufthansa, and SWISS from 55 to nearly 100. Additionally, the new agreement between Air India and Austrian Airlines adds 26 codeshare routes. This provides greater choice, convenience, and seamless experiences to travelers from both regions.
Air India will now offer its customers a total of 26 destinations across Europe and 3 destinations in the Americas beyond its gateways in Europe (Frankfurt, Vienna, and Zurich), with the ‘AI’ designator code placed on the following services operated by airlines in the Lufthansa Group, including Austrian Airlines for the first time:
“Our goal is to enable our customers to travel from any corner of the world to another via Air India and its partner airlines. The expansion of our partnership with Lufthansa Group is a step in that direction, and we are pleased to take this long-standing relationship to the next level,” said Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Commercial Officer, Air India. “With this renewed partnership, our customers will have access to more destinations and greater flexibility to travel across Europe on Lufthansa Group carriers. It also gives us the opportunity to serve Lufthansa Group customers, with warmth and quintessential Indian hospitality, aboard Air India flights. We look forward to continue working closely with our Star Alliance partners in making the world feel like a smaller place.”
“We are thrilled to strengthen our partnership with Air India and elevate the travel experience for our joint customers. By further enhancing our cooperation, we will increase the travel options between Europe and India and offer our passengers improved access to additional destinations. Lufthansa Group remains committed to India, and we are excited about the possibilities and potential the country and Air India as a partner have to offer”, Dieter Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer, Lufthansa Group said.
