IndiGo and Qantas Airways to extend codeshare partnership

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MUMBAI: IndiGo has introduced extension of its codeshare settlement with Australia’s nationwide airline, Qantas below which passengers will now have the ability to entry 4 new locations – Sydney, Melbourne, Perth & Brisbane in Australia.
It will start with Melbourne, whereas Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane will log on within the coming weeks, mentioned IndiGo “With the new codeshare routes, IndiGo customers can now fly to Singapore and connect seamlessly to Qantas’ flights between Singapore and Melbourne” it mentioned.
“This partnership signifies the strengthening of the relationship between the two countries, as a part of Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement. In 2022, Qantas and IndiGo has finalized a codeshare partnership enabling Qantas customers flying on non-stop flights between Australia and India to connect to 21 destinations in India on IndiGo,” it mentioned
Pieter Elbers, Chief Executive Officer, IndiGo, mentioned, “We are excited to introduce these new connecting flights to Australia, in partnership with Qantas, connecting on IndiGo’s flights from India to Singapore. The two airways are the market leaders of their respective international locations and this settlement will strengthen the bond between the 2 international locations. For IndiGo, putting its code on one other airline and connecting over a mid-point (Singapore) is barely the 2nd one in every of its type. With this we at the moment are enabling the huge IndiGo community to join with Qantas’ unmatched attain, we create extra alternatives for commerce and tourism between each nations.”
Apart from IndiGo, Air India too has introduced flights to Australia, with the airline set to debut on the Mumbai-Melbourne route on December 15. Air India presently operates each day flights to Melbourne and Sydney from Delhi, flying 28 occasions each week between India and Australia. Qantas operates continuous flights on Delhi-Melbourne (three flights per week) and Bengaluru-Sydney (5 flights per week).