A plane of Jetstar Pacific (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The Dubai-basedcarrier, Emirates, and Jetstar Pacific have announced a new codeshareagreement, expanding their existing partnership.
The new partnership allows Emiratespassengers to enjoy smooth connectivity on domestic flights within Vietnam, inaddition to flights connecting Vietnam to Singapore, Thailand as well asAustralia.
The new codeshare services from Ho Chi MinhCity and Hanoi will connect Emirates passengers to 14 Vietnamese cities.
Emirates will also operate codeshareflights with Jetstar Pacific between the latter’s HCM City hub and Singaporeand Bangkok, both of which serve as connections for Emirates passengerscontinuing their travel to Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney.
The two carriers said the codesharepartnership will give customers the simplicity of purchasing connecting flightsusing one reservation, and a smooth ticketing, check-in, boarding, and baggagecheck experience during the entire journey.
“We are pleased to further extend ourpartnership with Jetstar Group to include Jetstar Pacific, allowing Emirates’customers to benefit from enhanced connectivity to numerous destinations in Vietnamand beyond,” Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ divisional senior vice president ofstrategic planning, revenue optimisation and aeropolitical affairs, said.
Alan McIntyre, Jetstar executive manager,networks and partnerships, said this was another exciting announcement forEmirates and Jetstar, as they continue to grow and develop their valuablepartnership.
Emirates currently operates codeshareflights to 23 sectors with Jetstar and 12 sectors with Jetstar Asia.-VNA
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