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Codeshare Agreement
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A business arrangement in which two or more airlines sell seats on the same physical flight under their own separate flight numbers, though only one airline, the operating carrier, actually flies it. The first codeshare relationship began in 1967 between Allegheny Airlines and Henson Airlines, but the term itself was coined in 1989 when Qantas and American Airlines launched the first codeshare flights between Australia and the United States in 1990, letting a passenger book a single-code itinerary across a route no single carrier flies alone.
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Core ConcernAirlines selling seats on each other's flights under their own flight numbers 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Codeshare Agreement
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a flight is operated by one airline (technically called an 'administrating carrier' or 'operating carrier') while seats are sold for the flight by all cooperating airlines using their own designator and flight number
1. Wikipedia: Codeshare Agreement
WikipediaExemplifies: Qantas, Historical originQuote, Exemplifies: Qantas, Historical origin
the term 'code sharing' itself was coined much later in 1989 by Qantas and American Airlines, who launched their first codeshare flights between Australian and U.S. cities in 1990
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