Friday, December 30, 2011

Turkish Airlines, Thai Airways sign codeshare agreement

Under the deal, both airline companies will be able to sell tickets for their flights without having a seat limit.
Turkish Airlines (THY) and Thai Airways signed a codeshare agreement on Monday.
Under the deal, both airline companies will be able to sell tickets for their flights without having a seat limit.
Also, THY will make sale under the code "TK" for the flights to Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Sidney, Auckland and Kuala Lumpur.
A codeshare agreement is an aviation business arrangement where two or more airlines share the same flight. A seat can be purchased on one airline but is actually operated by a cooperating airline under a different flight number or code. The term "code" refers to the identifier used in flight schedule, generally the two-character IATA airline designator code and flight number.
Turkish Airlines is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey, headquartered in Istanbul. It operates scheduled services to 146 international and 41 domestic cities (38 domestic airports), serving a total of 187 airports, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
It carried 30 million passengers in the first 11 months of 2011.