Lufthansa signs codeshare agreements with South African Airways and Airlink
Germany's flag carrier airline, Lufthansa, and South Africa's national airline, South African Airways (SAA), have re-established their codeshare agreement with immediate effect. The restored agreement applies to Lufthansa's Frankfurt <> Johannesburg service and enables SAA passengers to book connecting flights to various destinations in Europa serviced by Lufthansa and Lufthansa passengers to add connecting flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town or Durban within the same booking.
Prior to SAA's collapse into business rescue before the corona virus pandemic, the two airlines already had a codeshare.
SWISS, the flag carrier of Switzerland and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, and South African Airways (SAA) are also planning to sign a codeshare agreement. Once approved by the authorities, passengers will similarly be able to book connecting flights to various destinations in Europa serviced by SWISS and SWISS passengers to add connecting flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town or Durban within the same booking
Lufthansa's interline agreement with South African regional carrier Airlink has been changed into an codeshare agreement.
A codeshare agreement differs to an interline agreement because a codeshare flight is the whole flight, whereas an interline is one flight within a wider itinerary.
