JAL, EK To Expand Code Share Partnership

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Emirates Airline (EK) have reached an agreement to expand their code share partnership between Japan and Dubai. JAL will start placing its JL flight indicator on EK-operated flights between Tokyo (Narita) and Dubai from the end of March 2010, when EK will launch the new direct service to Narita, flying five times a week.

Both airlines have been offering code share services on the Osaka (Kansai) to Dubai route since 2002. By further strengthening their partnership through the new connection between Tokyo and Dubai, both airlines can build a more extensive network to increase customer convenience and facilitate business and tourist travel to the Middle East from Japan.

In addition to the code share flights, JAL and EK also linked their frequent flyer programs (FFP) in October 2002, enabling members of the JAL mileage bank and Emirates’ Skywards FFP to earn miles on each other’s flights.

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