Silhouettes of passengers in front of a JetBlue Airbus A321neo aircraft were spotted on the tarmac parked on the passenger bridge at the AMS EHAM Terminal at Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands.
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JetBlue Airways It said on Wednesday it was seeking approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to partner with British Airways so that both airlines could each expand their networks.
The codeshare agreement includes 75 destinations in the United States (39 from New York and 36 from Boston) and 17 cities in Europe.
Airlines often turn to codeshare agreements, which allow carriers to sell seats on airline partner flights, to grow in regions outside their network.
American Airlines also has a more than decade-old joint venture with British Airways across the Atlantic, involving more than just a codeshare agreement.
JetBlue has been expanding service to Europe in recent years, adding flights to Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin and Edinburgh, although compared with larger transatlantic alliances such as American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, JetBlue pales in comparison.
“We are always looking for new ways to give our customers more choices when traveling,” JetBlue said in a statement about the agreement, which was reported earlier by industry news site Paxex Aero.
If the agreement is approved by the Department of Transportation, customers will be able to seamlessly book a single ticket on both airlines, expanding the destination network in Europe and the United States
American Airlines and British Airways had no immediate comment.
JetBlue asks for deal with British Airways
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