In this installment we will talk about what it means codeshare o cóI say shared in aviationón, a terminologyíquite used, but very little understood by passengers.
Insurance más at once on the information screensóAt the airport or on your own flight you saw that not only the airlineíline for which you bought the ticket isá represented in them, but a second aerosolínea también.
This in aviationón is known as codeshare in englishés o cóI say shared.
¿Whaté is the Codeshare or cóI say shared?
The cóI say shared, it is a commercial contract Come in, usually 2 o más aerolíguidelines so that together they operate on the same flight.
This means that there isá an aerosolínea that publishes, sells and flies its aircraft under its own identifier andúflight grouper an operationón regular established, while on the other side, hornbeamá an aerosolíI hope that on that same flight you will be able toá sell a certain numberúgroup of seats and publish them as yours, being that it does not fly it with its planes.
And términos más simples, an aerosolínea A that flies and sells seats between the Airports X and Z with their planes, to allowá than an aerosolínea B also sellén seats assigned between both airports.
The núnumber of seats than the airínea B couldá sell on airplanes A determined in the agreement and contract, where all pairs are definedácodeshare meters, as destinations, núflight grouper, aircraft to be operatedán, distribution of sales profits, seating, etc.
So that I give the más aerolílines can operate on one or several routes under a c agreementóI say shared, these will haveán have to have a certain similarity in the quality and type of service offered, this in order not to generate a bad image for any of the participating companies.
Spaghettién, dutyán have reservation systems or GDS interconnected or that allow the operationón of these types of agreements.
To the main characteríaesthetic of these agreements is to see the flight to a destination with núflight grouper 2 aerolídenies, A-1234/B-4567, which does not necessarily imply that these aerolíare partners or belong to the same global group.
The first agreement was between Qantas and American Airlines in the yearñO 1990, implementing the núflights of both airlinesílines in several destinations in Australia and the United States.
Benefits of cóI say shared
Aerolídenies
- Allows the airíYou want to enter a market indirectly, where to start an operationón not beía rentable.
- Increase or initiate presence in a new market.
- Allows the airíways to increase your income without having to invest in an operationón own.
- Help the Aerolsídirections to fill spaces that generally couldístill be unused, profitable the operationón.
passengers
- Allows passengers to have better connections from one point 1 to the point 3.
- A greater range of destinations and frequencies.
- Offers más flight options between airlinesílines participating in the agreement.
- The passenger caná send your luggage with the airlineínea A and connect with B no need to check luggage again.
Types of cóI say shared
In the theoryíto exist 2 types of c agreementsóI say shared:
- Defined spaces: The agreement defines a numberúexact group and value of seats that the aerolíline that does not operate the flight mayá sell.
- free spaces: the reservation systems of both airlinesíit is a sinán connected and communicate in real time, which allows any of the aerolíterms of the agreement sell anyúnumber of seats without restrictionón.
Some experts on the subject believe that these agreements do not bring a real benefit to the user and that even, couldíto exist a decreaseón in the offer, since a virtual presence is offered, más not real in the markets.
