Korean Air expands codeshare routes with China Airlines

Korean Air, the flag carrier of South Korea, has announced an extended codeshare agreement with China Airlines, increasing the flights offered by Korean Air between South Korea and Taiwan. Commencing 20th April 2015 flights will be added between Seoul and Kaohsiung and also between Busan and Taipei. The new codeshare agreement will commence on 20th April 2015, following regulatory approval.

A codeshare is an aviation business partnership whereby a flight operated by one airline, is jointly marketed by one or more other airlines. The agreement will allow Korean Air to sell tickets with its marketing flight number KE on the flights operated by China Airlines.

Prior to the extended agreement Korean Air, code sharing with China Airlines, offered a total of 25 flights per week on just the Seoul – Taipei route; fourteen flights operated by Korean Air and eleven flights operated by China Airlines. The new codeshare agreement will allow Korean Air to provide an additional twenty-one flights between South Korea and Taiwan (seven flights on the Seoul – Kaohsiung route and fourteen flights on Busan – Taipei route), offering more flexibility, convenience and choice to passengers.

In addition, members of Korean Air’s frequent flyer program Skypass will accumulate points when using the codeshare agreement to purchase Korean Air tickets for China Airlines flights.

Korean Air currently has codeshare partnerships on 195 routes with 33 airlines worldwide, including Air France, Aeromexico and China Southern. Korean Air will continue to expand opportunities for code share partnerships in order to provide the most convenient schedules for its passengers.

[Reference : Korean Air Flight schedule to Taiwan]

▶ Seoul-Taipei

Route	Flight	Departure	Arrival	Day	Aircraft
Seoul-Taipei	KE691	10:35	12:05	Daily	A330-300
	KE693	16:30	18:00	Daily	B737-800
	KE5691 /CI161	12:35	14:10	Daily	A330-300
	KE5693 /CI163	20:35	22:10	Mon/Tue/Fri/Sat	B737-800
Taipei-Seoul	KE692	13:25	17:00	Daily	A330-300
	KE694	19:10	22:50	Daily	B737-800
	KE5692 /CI160	07:45	11:10	Daily	A330-300
	KE5694 /CI162	16:10	19:35	Mon/Tue/Fri/Sat	B737-800

* KE5691/KE5693/KE5692/KE5694 : Codeshare flights operating by China Airlines

▶ Seoul – Kaohsiung

Route	Flight	Departure	Arrival	Day	Aircraft
Seoul – Kaohsiung	KE5165 /CI165	11:25	13:25	Daily	B737-800
Kaohsiung – Seoul	KE5166 /CI164	06:40	10:25	Daily	B737-800

* KE5165/KE5166 : Codeshare flights operating by China Airlines

▶ Busan – Taipei

Route	Flight	Departure	Arrival	Day	Aircraft
Busan – Taipei	KE5695 /CI189	11:20	12:40	Mon/Tue/Fri	B737-800
		12:05	13:25	Wed/Thu/Sun	B737-800
		11:50	13:10	Sat	B737-800
	KE5697 /CI187	20:20	21:40	Mon/Tue/Sat	B737-800
		20:50	22:10	Wed/Thu/Fri	B737-800
		20:50	22:15	Sun	B737-800
Taipei – Busan	KE5696 /CI188	07:00	10:20	Mon/Tue/Fri	B737-800
		07:45	11:05	Wed/Thu/Sun	B737-800
		07:30	10:50	Sat	B737-800
	KE5698 /CI186	16:00	19:20	Mon/Tue/Fri/Sat	B737-800
		16:30	19:50	Wed/Thu/Sun	B737-800

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