Jet Airways, China Eastern Airlines start codeshare flights

Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways and Chinese carrier China Eastern Airlines have commenced codeshare flights amid the increasing hostility between the two countries over the construction of a road near Bhutan tri-junction.
As part of the codeshare partnership inked earlier, China Eastern Airlines will operate Jet Airways' Delhi-Shanghai Pudong and Kolkata-Kuming routes.
The Jet Airways will operate Delhi-Bengaluru, Delhi-Kolkata and Delhi-Mumbai routes of the Shanghai-based airline.
A Jet Airways spokesperson confirmed the commencement of air services by the two carriers from yesterday as part of the reciprocal codeshare partnership.
Codesharing allows an airline to book on its passenger on its partner carriers and provide seamless transport to destination where it has no presence.

Following this, the Jet Airways customers can now fly seamlessly to Pudong and Kunming cities in China from New Delhi and Kolkata.

Similarly, Chinese passengers will have direct connectivity to Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai from New Delhi through the flights operated by Jet Airways.
China Eastern Airlines, which has three subsidiaries as well a cargo carrier and is a member of the global airlines grouping SkyyTeam, operates to 217 destinations through its hub at Shanghai Pudong International airport.
Besides, it has secondary hubs at Beijing, Kunming, Xi'an and Qingdao.
The military standoff between India and China began on June 16 after the Chinese army tried to build a road near the Bhutan tri-junction.

India has protested the construction of the road, fearing it would allow China to cut India's access to its north-eastern states.