Flight Number AA to Islamabad??

mohammed younis · Post by **mohammed younis** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:41 am

Aslamalakum

Just browsing todays departures to Pakistan from Terminal 4 Heathrow
and I came across the following:

18:05 BA179 NEW YORK Terminal Four
18:10 AA6429 ISLAMABAD Terminal Four
18:10 BA129 ISLAMABAD Terminal Four
18:30 KL996 EINDHOVEN Terminal Four
18:35 KL1024 AMSTERDAM Terminal Four
18:40 AA6474 VIENNA Terminal Four

Flight AA 6429 to Islamabad??? is this correct?

or am i behind everyone?

Ehsen Ali · Post by **Ehsen Ali** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:05 am

I belive American Airlines codeshares with British Airways to Islamabad.

mohammed younis · Post by **mohammed younis** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:41 am

oh ok

still seems strange to me

sadiqhassan · Post by **sadiqhassan** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:50 pm

AA codeshares on a lot of BA routes to / from Middle East/Asia including DXB,BAH,AUH etc I love it because when you book on the AA flight # you get 100% Frequent flyer miles, but when booking on a BA flight # on a cheap ticket you only get 25% miles

iqbal · Post by **iqbal** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:18 pm

sallam,

what exactly is codesharing ? I dont understand

cpt_747 · Post by **cpt_747** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:25 pm

Iqbal Asked:

what exactly is codesharing ? I dont understand

I believe it is when airlines don't fly their Mattel but buy seats of other airlines to certain destinations or their chosen destinations (please correct me if I am wrong)

sadiqhassan · Post by **sadiqhassan** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:05 am

cpt_747 wrote:Iqbal Asked:
what exactly is codesharing ? I dont understand
I believe it is when airlines don't fly their Mattel but buy seats of other airlines to certain destinations or their chosen destinations (please correct me if I am wrong)

Yes that's correct. It is usually present within airline alliances but can also be present between non partner airlines. An example:

Emirates does the DXB-KIX-DXB route. However, JL codeshares on that route. This means that the DXB-KIX-DXB flights will carry both an EK and JL code. Both airlines can sell seats on the flight. In exchange EK codeshares on JL's flights to Japan from Osaka (eg KIX-NRT-KIX.)

The AA codeshare for Heathrow Islamabad can only be flown as an AA codeshare when connecting from another flight. (You can't just buy a London - Islamabad - London ticket with an AA flight #.) However you could buy a JFK-LHR-ISB ticket all with AA flight numbers.

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:55 am

And I think Kuwait Airlines codeshares with Air Canada for London - Toronto flight? My cousin recently travelled on that route and he was given seat on AC from LHR - YYZ while he booked himself on Kuwait Airlines.

sadiqhassan · Post by **sadiqhassan** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:33 pm

AP-BGL wrote:And I think Kuwait Airlines codeshares with Air Canada for London - Toronto flight? My cousin recently travelled on that route and he was given seat on AC from LHR - YYZ while he booked himself on Kuwait Airlines.

A friend of mine also bought a Kuwait Airways ticket but the LHR-YYZ had an AC flight # not a Kuwait Airways one

Maybe KU codesharing on AC flights is something new? I know that RJ and SQ codeshare on the AC flights

Jacobin777 · Post by **Jacobin777** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:50 am

that is correct....AA also codeshares with Gulf Air was well as Royal Jordanian (now that its entering OneWorld Alliance)

I sure wish PK would join an alliance......OneWorld would be nice....