JetBlue, Hawaiian Airlines ink partnership deal
Hawaiian Airlines said Tuesday that it will fly a 294-seat Airbus A330-200 on its new Honolulu route to Osaka, Japan, starting April 21. The plane seats 30 more passengers than the Boeing 767-300ER it now uses and will add 11,000 more seats to the route annually.
NEW YORK >> JetBlue Airways Corp. and Hawaiian Airlines have formed a partnership that will allow passengers to fly on both carriers’ flights on a single ticket.
The deal, announced later today, follows Hawaiian Airlines’ announcement of plans to add New York service direct from its home base in Honolulu starting in June. Customers on both airlines will be able to connect with those flights through JetBlue’s base at New York’s JFK.
In the meantime, passengers can connect through Los Angeles International Airport to Hawaiian Airlines one-stop service from Hawaii to New York.
Besides added flight options, travelers will also be able to earn or redeem frequent flier miles on each other’s flights, starting with the New York service in June.
Partnerships like this allow airlines to expand their service without spending more money to add flights on their own. Hawaiian Airlines already has similar partnerships, called codeshares, with major U.S. airlines including United-Continental, Delta and American. JetBlue has deals with a number of international carriers, including Ireland’s Aer Lingus, Virgin Atlantic Airways and Emirates.
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