PAL-Garuda joint flights

PAL-Garuda joint flights

MANILA (Dow Jones): Philippines Airlines Inc. (PAL) said
yesterday it has started joint services with two regional
carriers, PT Garuda Indonesian Airways and Vietnam Airlines.

PAL said it had started code-sharing arrangements with Garuda
on Manila-Jakarta flights, and with Vietnam Airlines for flights
between Manila and Ho Chi Minh City.

Code-sharing is an arrangement whereby an airline can sell
tickets under its own name for flights operated by another
carrier.

Philippines Airlines said the destinations will be marketed
and sold in each country as joint flights, but will actually be
operated using Philippines Airlines aircraft and crew.

Garuda and Vietnam Airlines had suspended their Manila runs
because of the regional crisis and the resulting slump in the air
travel market.