News Forum - Codeshare deal between Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways

[Thaiger]

A strategic partnership expansion was just signed between Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways. The two airlines have had a partnership for years, as both are members of the Star Alliance network, but the new deal will allow them to codeshare more flights to offer each of their customers more variety when travelling in Southeast Asia and the world. Codesharing is a common method for airlines to increase their reach by using one plane operated by one airline, but with flight numbers designated for a variety of partner airlines. Many airlines farm out their connecting domestic flights to bring their customers […]

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[Soidog]

These codeshare flights are getting out of hand. Not only do you have the issue of people thinking they are flying with an airline only to turn up and find it’s operated by another airline, but when airport announcements are made for a flight, it take several minutes. Last time I was at Suvarnabhumi there was a codeshare flight to Samui. Five different airline flight numbers were announced and passengers told to go to gate.  The change of airline doesn’t matter so much as they are all as bad as each other, but we need to find a better way of numbering the flights. 

[TWS60]

Noticed that my last trip on EVA.  Took the gate people a minute to announce the flight/boarding with a slew of other airline code shares in the mix.  Think I counted at least 5 of them at both LAX and Taipei feeding the onward transits in BKK.