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Delta, Virgin Atlantic and Jet Airways codeshare via London Heathrow
Delta and Virgin Atlantic has announced expanded cooperation with Jet Airways to provide convenient codeshare connections for customers between key destinations across North America and India via London Heathrow.
From November 2, Jet Airways customers flying between India and North America will be able to connect through London Heathrow on to nine US destinations operated by Delta. These destinations include Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Salt Lake City and Seattle.
In turn, Delta and Virgin Atlantic customers flying between North America and India will be able to connect with Delta codeshare onto Jet Airways’ flights to Mumbai and Delhi (Red Fort Delhi, pictured) via London Heathrow and onward to 20 destinations within India. The new Delta codeshare destinations include Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Calicut, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Pune, Trivandrum and Vadodara. The new routes are in addition to Delta and Jet Airways destinations available through existing codeshare agreements via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Paris Charles de Gaulle.
In 2017 and subject to Government Approvals, Virgin Atlantic will expand their existing codeshare with Jet Airways placing its marketing code on Virgin Atlantic operated flights from London Heathrow to 10 cities across North America including Miami, Newark, San Francisco and Washington.
Virgin Atlantic already operates a codeshare with Jet Airways on flights between five Indian cities and London Heathrow via Delhi.
Frequent Flyer miles
As well as the codeshare agreement, Delta SkyMiles, and Jet Airways’ Jet Privilege members will soon be able to enjoy network-wide, reciprocal mileage earning and redemption privileges. Customers requiring further information should contact Air Miles Expert