Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Blue to begin codesharing

Virgin Atlantic and its Australian sister airline Virgin Blue signed a codeshare agreement under which Virgin Atlantic, which currently flies daily from London Heathrow to Sydney via Hong Kong, will add its code to Virgin Blue flights from Sydney to Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Cairns, Gold Coast and Coolangatta. The agreement will go into effect July 17. The IT teams of Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Blue and Navitaire will roll out new codeshare technology linking the Navitaire Open Skies ...