Emirates and Jetstar have announced a codeshare agreement which will open up destinations across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.
Emirates’ code will be placed on a number of routes operated by Jetstar giving passengers access to 27 new routes and six new destinations, such as Bali, Byron Bay, Dunedin and Siem Reap.
Emirates Skywards members will be able to earn miles for flights on Jetstar-operated routes with the Emirates code, as well as being able to use their miles to buy reward flights on any Jetstar service.
This agreement will see us bring our extensive Asia Pacific network consisting of some of the most popular leisure destinations, to the doorstep of Emirates passengers across the globe,” said Lisa Brock, Jetstar group chief commercial officer.
From 6 April, all Emirates passengers on Jetstar flights will receive boarding passes on check-in at their first international departure point for connecting international services.
The codeshare includes seven domestic routes in Australia, four in New Zealand, six between Australia and New Zealand, and ten international routes out of Singapore to Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong.
The codeshare itineraries go on sale today for travel from April 6. Emirates frequent flyers will be able to redeem flights with points from March 1.
“This new link between Emirates and Jetstar offers our passengers a number of benefits including new routes to destinations that are not part of the Emirates network today,” said Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ divisional senior vice president, planning, aeropolitical and industry affairs.
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