Air New Zealand Begins Code Share Agreement With Continental Airlines

Air New Zealand Ltd. (AIR.NZ) said Friday it has begun a reciprocal code share agreement with Continental Airlines Inc (CAL).

From Friday, Air New Zealand will code share on more than 540 flights per week to and from Continental Airline's main hubs serving Houston, New York and Cleveland connecting to Air New Zealand services to and from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Auckland, Air New Zealand said in a statement.

Continental Airlines will code share on these Air New Zealand trans-Pacific services, including services via Rarotonga, Apia and Tonga, as well as all Auckland trans-Tasman and domestic New Zealand services and also between Auckland and Hong Kong.

"This presents exciting inbound tourism opportunities for New Zealand, especially when you consider Continental is the world's fifth largest airline," said Air New Zealand Group General Manager Ed Sims.

Code-sharing agreements allow passengers to book flights with one of the participating airlines, but may fly with the other airline and the signatories share the revenue at an agreed ratio.

By Rebecca Howard, Dow Jones Newswires; 64-4-471-5990; rebecca.howard@dowjones.com

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