Air India signs code share agreement with Air Austral

National passenger carrier Air India on Wednesday said it has signed a free-flow code share agreement with Reunion Island-based airline Air Austral.

"This agreement will enable Air India to code share on Air Austral operated flights on the Chennai-Reunion-Chennai sector as well as beyond Reunion to/from Johannesburg, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar," the airline said in a statement.

"Reciprocally, Air Austral will put its marketing code on Air India operated flights beyond Chennai to/from Mumbai, Delhi and Kochi."

According to the airline, the code share will initially be implemented on the Reunion-Chennai-Reunion sector.

"This agreement will enable Air India to reach out to destinations in the Indian Ocean and Africa. We look forward to expand our relationship with Air Austral in future," Seema Srivastava, Executive Director - Strategy and Planning, Air India, was quoted in the statement as saying.

"Air India already has code share partnerships with 14 other prestigious airlines across the globe and Air Austral will be the 15th code share partner of Air India."

Air Austral has been operating on the route Reunion Island-Chennai- Bangkok since February 2013.

--IANS

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