SINGAPORE, Sept 15 — Emirates and Jetstar have announced the expansion of their codeshare and frequent flyer relationship to 30 routes across the Asia Pacific region, providing more choices to the former’s customers.
From October 26, Emirates will grow its codeshare on Jetstar services to include the latter’s services between Melbourne and Ayers Rock (Uluru) in Australia, Christchurch to Wellington in New Zealand and three new destinations in Southeast Asia from Jetstar Asia’s hub in Singapore, the airlines said in a statement.
It said the new Jetstar Asia codeshare services from Singapore will connect Emirates passengers to Penang in Malaysia, Yangon in Myanmar and Medan in Indonesia.
The additional destinations complement the current 25 routes announced in February this year.
Effective immediately, the airlines said Skywards members can now also earn Skywards Miles when they book economy Starter Plus, economy Starter Max or Business Max fares on international routes with Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia, Jetstar Japan and Valuair, as well as domestic routes within Australia and New Zealand if they connect to an international flight.
Commenting on the move, Thierry Antinori, Emirates executive vice president and chief commercial officer said: “The expansion of codeshare with Jetstar Group carriers is an important milestone as we continue to expand the destinations available to Emirates’ passengers.
“On Emirates alone we offer 145 destinations and with our partnership with Jetstar carriers we are adding a further 30 routes across the Far East and Australasia region.”
JetStar Asia chief executive officer Bara Pasupathi said: “Today’s announcement also benefits our Emirates Skywards members who will now see their miles go even further, be it a holiday in Penang or extra sightseeing in New Zealand.”
The extension of the Emirates codeshare would boost the number of Jetstar Asia ports currently offered to Emirates customers to 12 routes, he said.
“Since we launched the partnership, we have seen the number of Emirates’ passengers double month-on-month so we see the extension of the codeshare to three of our most popular routes having tremendous potential,” Bara added. — Bernama
