Qantas and Air New Zealand announce codeshare

Qantas and Air New Zealand announce codeshare deal to make travel easier…

Air New Zealand and Qantas have announced plans for a reciprocal codeshare agreement that leverages the strengths of each carrier’s domestic network, making travel within both Australia and New Zealand easier. Under the codeshare, Qantas’ intends to add its code on up to 30 routes on Air New Zealand’s domestic network and Air New Zealand intends to add its code on up to 85 routes on Qantas’ domestic network. Coordination of check-in and handling at airports will mean shorter connection times, opening up more onward flights for customers on each carriers domestic networks and faster journey times overall.

Tickets for the codeshare service will be available in July 2018, for travel from 28 October 2018.