JAL and British Airways Expand Codeshare Arrangements on Tokyo - London Routes with Sales of Joint Fares
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
Japan Airlines (JAL) and British Airways (BA) today announced the start of codeshare arrangements on the routes between Tokyo and London (Heathrow), as well as the sales of joint fares on applicable routes from October 1, 2012.

Codeshare

At present, the airlines are codesharing on a total of 23 routes connecting London with 23 other European cities, and on 8 routes between Tokyo (Narita) and 7 destinations domestically and internationally. In addition to this, both members of the oneworld alliance will begin to market each other's services between Tokyo and London (Heathrow). JAL and BA will place their respective flight indicators on the daily service they each operate between London and Tokyo's Narita airport, as well as on BA's five weekly flights to/from Tokyo's downtown gateway at Haneda, jointly offering customers 19 weekly flights between the two cities.

Flight schedules of new codeshare flights

Flight

Route

Dep. Time

Arr. Time

Days of Operation

Operating Airline

JL401/ BA4601

Narita - London, Heathrow

11:45

16:20

Daily

JL

BA006/ JL7081

Narita - London, Heathrow

10:55

15:10

Daily

BA

BA008/ JL7083

Haneda - London, Heathrow

06:25

10:35

Mo, Tu, Fr, Sa, Su

BA

JL402/ BA4602

London, Heathrow - Narita

19:15

15:00

Daily

JL

BA005/ JL7080

London, Heathrow - Narita

13:30

09:05

Daily

BA

BA007/ JL7082

London, Heathrow - Haneda

08:55

04:45

Mo, Th, Fr*, Sa, Su

BA

All timings shown are local. *departs 10 minutes earlier

Joint Fares
In conjunction with the commencement of the Tokyo - London codeshare flights, JAL and BA will also begin selling aligned fares applicable for JAL and BA-operated flights on these routes, originating from either city. With these fares that will be available from both airlines, customers can also choose to use a combination of JAL and BA in a single round-trip itinerary, significantly expanding their flight options.

Customers now have the option of flying JAL one-way and BA the other, reservations and ticket issuance for the new codeshare flights, as well as sales of aligned fares will begin from tomorrow, September 5, for departures from October 1, 2012.

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