code-sharing

British  

noun

1. a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another

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Example Sentences

Last month, JetBlue and American asked Judge Sorokin to let them keep selling tickets on each other’s flights, an arrangement called code-sharing, and offering reciprocal frequent-flyer benefits.

From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2023

The airlines want to keep selling tickets on each other’s flights — called code-sharing — and offering reciprocal frequent-flyer benefits because those practices “are common in the airline industry.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

The company said it uploaded the code in two repositories on code-sharing platform Github.

From Reuters • Mar. 31, 2023

In the United States, Delta Air Lines said it would suspend a code-sharing agreement with Russia's Aeroflot.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2022

While airlines in the former Soviet Union generally have poor safety records, Ukraine International Airlines said on its website that its safety was audited and met F.A.A. standards for code-sharing flights with foreign partners.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2020