Doha: Qatar Airways (QA) and S7 Airlines have strengthened relationship with the launch of new codeshare arrangements between the two oneworld members, expanding travel opportunities for customers.
QA’s passengers travelling to Russia from its network will be able to connect onto domestic destinations such as Sochi, Chelyabinsk, Samara, Kazan, St. Petersburg, Omsk, Perm, Rostov, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen and Helsinki. S7 Airlines customers will also be able to book from Russia to Phuket (Thailand) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia) via Doha.
QA Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: “Alliances and codeshares are playing an important role in the airline industry and that will continue long into the future.
“Becoming a member of oneworld last October was one of the landmarks in QA’s history. It has strengthened our competitive offering and the advent of these new codeshare routes with S7 Airlines has expanded travel options further within our global alliance network.” The new arrangements make connections simpler by allowing for a single carrier code booking across multiple flights, but there is the added benefit that members of the airlines’ frequent flyer programmes will be able to collect frequent flyer points on each other’s flights to their final destinations.
The codeshare, which took effect on October 8, comes at a time when QA will celebrate its first anniversary as a oneworld member on October 30.
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