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Singapore Airlines Partners Lufthansa
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Lufthansa have recently signed a partnership agreement that will see the two airline groups operating key routes between Singapore and Europe on a joint-venture basis.
The recent partnership agreement between SIA and Lufthansa will include new Singapore-Düsseldorf flights as well as an expansion of codeshare ties, schedule co-ordination and joint fare promotions.
Flights from Singapore to Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich, as well as the new SIA-operated flights between Singapore and Düsseldorf which will launch in July 2016, will operate under revenue-sharing arrangements.
The two airline groups also intend to co-operate in key markets in Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia by co-ordinating schedules to provide customers more convenient connections between route networks, offering joint fare promotions, and exploring enhancements to existing frequent-flyer programme ties.
In addition to SIA and Lufthansa, the agreement also includes SIA subsidiary SilkAir, and Lufthansa subsidiaries Austrian Airlines and Swiss.
The expanded codeshare ties will provide SIA customers with convenient access to and from points within Austria, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland via the transfer hubs of Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich, with over 20 new codeshare routes. Lufthansa and Swiss will codeshare with SIA and regional arm SilkAir on more routes in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
Benefits of this agreement such as the new codeshare services will be introduced in the coming months. Other elements of the agreement will be implemented progressively through 2016.
